I´d like clamwin running as a daemon in windows, cause when I start clamwin I cant close it or minimize it, and is a little ugly.[/b]

The ClamWin developers say they can't presently run scans as a Windows service because of the programming language in the current "legacy" version. Version 1.0 (when it becomes available--no release date) will enable the service, feature on-access scans, and other refinements.

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Hello Bob,

WHEN will version 1.0 come? My guess is the clamwin team will loose the connection to the other clam developers. The Moon Secure Antivirus team shows a very reliable solution, modest to cpu power. And they are releasing (or bugfixing) a new version every two weeks. Don't forget Spyware Terminator with their clam on access solution. I am using both of them on different machines. I am a big fan of the clamwin software, but they should release V1.0 very soon. Otherwise they could loose a big amount of their fans. Why don't they try to cooperate with the MSA team?

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Tom

The ClamWin developers haven't announced a release date for version 1.0. They are taking their time in development to do it right. I understand there is an Alpha version, but it 's not ready for testing, and testing will take some time once a beta version is ready. Perhaps Moon has frequent updates because they are not as careful or don't test it enough before release.

AV companies seem to be cooperating a bit more now--but it's primarily with regard to malware signatures. The small AVs need help in building up their signature databases to include All types of malware--not just viruses. Clam/ClamWin are both Open Source. I believe Moon AV is also, but there might be a difference of philosophy there. I think Clam is quite a bit ahead of Moon.

Clam AV is coming along very well. It has over 160,000 signatures, and many of them are now generic--enabling it to spot multiple instances of malware with one signature. It still lacks sophisticated heuristics, but as a pure file scanner, it is now as good as a few of the commercial AVs in detecting new malware. ClamWin benefits from Clam's development too. If anything, there needs to be more cooperation between ClamWin and Clam AV.

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