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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:59 pm

Hi,
does ClamWin can check for viruses & trojans on the background, like norton?
i'm asking that because i had the kernel8 trojan on my PC for several months & ClamWin didn't saw it... ClamWin saw it only when i did a virus scan.
if i had norton, i probably was alerted on the first second that the trojan was on my system...
so... does ClamWin can check for viruses & trojans on the background, like norton?
maybe i had to configure it to do so & i didn't...
thanks

Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:17 pm

No it does not check for viruses on the background yet - we are working on this feature. This is clearly stated in bold font on https://www.clamwin.com webpage:

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Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on-access real-time scanner. You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware.

Also in this sticky thread:
https://forums.clamwin.com/viewtopic.php?t=10