ClamAV was designed for the Server Market and since most servers are *nix based, this is the reason why. For Windows Desktop there are other solutions that are better than ClamAV like Avast, AVG, for the general user (sorry but it is true). If you are running a Windows Server though, the only option that is worth trying without spending a lot of dough is ClamAV for Win32.
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Brian A. Reiter" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 11:15 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [clamav-win32] Clam for W32 updates? Forgotten project? > Brielle Bruns wrote: >> It may not be the most optimal way to run clamav, but I know of >> several major ISPs that do use my build in production environments very > happily. > > FWIW, there are actually 3 ways to make a build that runs on the Windows > platform: > > 1. *NIX emulation via linking to cygwin1.dll > 2. Native Win32 using pthread for Win32 > 3. Native Unix on the NT kernel via the Interix subsystem (aka Services > for > Unix [SFU] or Subsystem for Unix Applications [SUA]) > > All three of these options are frustrating in different ways: > > * Option 1 leads to cygwin dll hell and emulation performance hit. > * Option 2 seems to have been started by a core ClamAV team member but now > seems to be unmaintained. > * Option 3 is straightforward but then the thing runs in a separate > subsystem from the standard win32 apps (including using POSIX-style rooted > paths) which is a little mind bending. > > The question I have is why the ClamAV project ignores the Windows platform > so completely. Windows users account for a very large portion of the > desktop > market no matter how you calculate it. Presumably, the project would have > nothing to lose and plenty to gain by providing blessed builds. > > Cheers. > > -Brian > > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-win32 > _______________________________________________ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-win32
