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 ====== Linux - Anti-Virus - ClamAV ======
-**ClamAV** (Clam AntiVirus) is a free and open-source, versatile anti-virus toolkit for Linux systems that is used for detecting trojans, viruses, malware, and other malicious threats.
+**ClamAV** (Clam AntiVirus) is a free anti-virus toolkit that is used for detecting trojans, viruses, malware, and other malicious threats.
-  * It is a standard for mail gateway scanning software; it supports almost all mail file formats and it is primarily used on Unix-like systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS, but it also has support for Windows.
-ClamAV operates on a signature-based detection method, which means it scans files for patterns that match known malware signatures.
-  * These signatures are regularly updated to keep up with new threats.
-Additionally, ClamAV can also perform heuristic analysis, which involves examining the behavior of files and identifying potentially malicious patterns.
+  * It operates on a signature-based detection method, which means it scans files for patterns that match known malware signatures.
+  * It is a standard for mail gateway scanning software; it supports almost all mail file formats.
   * It can scan within archives and compressed files (also protects against archive bombs), and the built-in support includes Zip, Tar, 7Zip, and Rar among others.