Setting the Standard for Open Source Anti-malware
Software
Founded in 2002, ClamAV Anti-Malware is one of the most
commonly-used open source anti-virus and anti-malware products in
the world. Nearly one million unique IP addresses download ClamAV
updates daily from 120 mirror servers located in 38 countries.
Renowned for its speed and accuracy, ClamAV has been adopted by
network security solution and service providers worldwide and is
currently integrated within leading enterprise solutions, including
Unified Threat Management Systems (UTM), Secure Web Gateways and
Secure Mail Gateways, to identify deeply embedded threats such as
viruses, trojans, spyware, and other forms of malware.
Like Snort® (the open source intrusion prevention and detection
technology created by Sourcefire®), ClamAV's cutting edge security
technology is a triumph of the open source model. In addition to
continual innovations to the ClamAV anti-virus engine, the ClamAV
core team and ClamAV community deliver daily signature updates to
its ever-growing virus database of over 300,000 signatures.
High Performance Anti-Virus Protection
ClamAV delivers quality and coverage comparable to leading
commercial anti-virus solutions. At LinuxWorld 2007, the live
"Fight Club" event, conducted by network gateway vendor Untangle,
pitted 10 industry-leading anti-virus solutions against each other
to see which products could detect all 25 viruses in the test.
ClamAV detected 100% of the viruses encountered - one of only three
anti-virus products to catch all 25 viruses.
A Strong Foundation in Open Source
Innovation
The Sourcefire acquisition of ClamAV reflects its ongoing
commitment to the open source community. Sourcefire develops and
offers ClamAV as an open source (GPL) solution, providing the best
of both worlds by infusing the project with the substantial
resources of a commercial enterprise while upholding the values of
the open source security community.
With ClamAV, Sourcefire expands the comprehensive scope of its
Enterprise Threat Management (ETM) solution portfolio, delivering a
unified security environment for industry-leading Intrusion
Prevention System (IPS), and Network Behavior Analysis (NBA)
technologies.
The ClamAV Engine
Sourcefire brings together two of the security industry's most
widely-adopted open source projects: Snort and ClamAV. ClamAV
enhances Sourcefire's ability to deliver industry-leading
protection from a wide range of threats - from viruses, Trojans,
and spyware, to other forms of malware. ClamAV also includes
anti-phishing technology.
The ClamAV signature database, updated multiple times a day,
currently contains more than 300,000 signatures, including generic
signatures that are able to detect new variants at a very high rate
of detection.
Sourcefire's enduring commitment and support of the open source
security community is reflected in its ongoing investment in
technologies such as Snort and ClamAV. The company will continue to
enhance ClamAV for open source use and incorporation in Sourcefire
commercial solutions - benefiting both the open source community as
well as Sourcefire customers.
