ClamAV® is an open source antivirus engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats.
Official documentation can be found online at ClamAV.net. Our source code release tarballs also includes a copy of the documentation for offline reading.
Anyone can learn to read and write ClamAV signatures. Take a look at the signature writing documentation and phishing signature writing documentation to get started!
For basic compile and install instructions on Linux/Unix platforms, check out the install instructions.
For detailed instructions specific to building ClamAV please investigate our the Linux/Unix/Mac Install instructions in the User Manual.
For instructions on how to build ClamAV using our new experimental CMake build tooling, see INSTALL.cmake.md
For binary package distribution installation instructions, head over to our website.
The instructions for building ClamAV from source on Windows is located in the Win32 README.
We provide an installer to install ClamAV on Windows to "C:\Program Files". This install method will require you to have Adminstrator priveleges.
We also provide a "Portable Install Package" (i.e. a zip of the required files) for users that may wish to run ClamAV without installing it to a system-owned directory.
For details on how to use either option, head over to the Windows Install instructions in the User Manual.
For instructions on how to build ClamAV using our new experimental CMake build tooling, see INSTALL.cmake.md
Some tips on how to upgrade from a previous version of ClamAV.
For information about the features in this and prior releases, read the news.
Catch up on the latest about ClamAV by reading our blog and follow us on Twitter @clamav.
The best way to get in touch with the ClamAV community is to join our our mailing lists, and tune to #clamav on IRC.
The ClamAV development team welcomes code contributions, improvements to our documentation, and also bug reports. Thanks for joining us!