• slazer2auEnglish
    18•1 year 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.

    • /home/pineapplelover
      3•1 year 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.

      • slazer2auEnglish
        2•1 year 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•1 year 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.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
    9•1 year ago

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

  • Kalash
    9•1 year ago

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