I installed clamwin on my father's PC a while back, and he's been enjoying the freedom from the constant cash grabbing. Yesterday, he told me that he was asked to pay to have some viruses cleaned. I told him "No way, Clamwin is free. They won't hold you ransom like the other guys do." I went to his house, and saw the screen. It wasn't Clamwin. It was MacroVirus from https://www.macrovirus.com/ https://www.macrovirus.com/!

I downloaded the latest ClamWin, and ran a full scan for him, and now I got the following email from him today:


Has anyone else come across this?

I guess I'll have to do a complete uninstall of clamwin, and reinstall. But, how can I be sure that the version of clamwin I am running is really "THE" clamwin?

for sure not clamwin, it doesn't have any "buy" button, it's free and it will remain free

The Web host of ClamWin occasionally puts ads on the web pages. They help offset the cost, and ClamWin doesn't have any control over them. Your father may have seen one of the ads and clicked on it. In the future, tell him to Open ClamWin and click on Help. The Help menu has a link to technical support (this forum) and another link to Frequently Asked Questions. Help with ClamWin is available--and it's free.

Regards,