Are opensource antivirus softwares reliable? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by Mexigore@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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[-] QProphecy@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

ClamAV is great and very reliable.

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

As with everything it depends. Would I trust ClamAV over McAfee or Norton? Hell yes.

Would I trust ClamAV over windows defender? probably not.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Huh? Clamav is open sourced though. Although, it is made by Cisco and not gplv3, it's under CC BY-ND 2.5 Deed.

[-] Mexigore@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Can you elaborate on the second point?

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Not without knowing what you mean by reliable.

Reliable at detecting malware? ClamAV would not do as well as Windows Defender.

Reliable as in the code is safe from bugs? I can't read that kind of code so I can't compre them.

[-] bigboismith@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Unpopular opinion but antivirus isn't as important as it used to be. Just don't click on suspicious links and don't run sketchy programs and you will be good.

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Depends on the software. Whether it is open- or closedsource has nothing to do with reliablity.

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 9 points 11 months ago

More reliable than enterprise ones, because they're maintened openly and by masses of people who actually care.

[-] Granixo@feddit.cl -4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

GNU/Linux 🐂🐧

[-] baked_tea@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Is this like the "there's no viruses on android"?

[-] Granixo@feddit.cl 2 points 11 months ago

I meant GNU/Linux.

There are viruses on Android since if what most smartphone users around the world use.

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