Re: [Clamav-users] [Windows] How does ClamAV compare with closed-source alternatives?

From: Fred-145 <codecomplete_at_nospam>
Date: Wed May 12 2010 - 18:40:47 GMT
To: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net

I rebooted and installed "ClamAV for Windows". I have a couple of questions:

1. Unless I missed it, the UI only allows scanning stuff in RAM, not files
on hard-disks. If this is correct, does it mean users are expected to also
install ClamWin to scan hard-disks?

2. Based on the input above, ClamAV is apparently aimed at scanning e-mail
attachments. Does it mean it's not as good as proprietary AV solutions for
generally finding malware, wherever it lives (not sure why it would make a
difference, apart from the fact that an attachement-focused AV solution
wouldn't look at eg. the Registry)?

Thank you.
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