ClamAV Overview

clamscan

A command line program to scan files and directories that does not require the clamd daemon.

clamd

A multi threaded daemon.

When clamd is running, use these tools to interact with it:

• clamdtop

  A command line GUI to monitor clamd.

• clamdscan

  A command line program to scan files and directories through clamd.

freshclam

The signature database (cvd) update tool.

libclamav

The clamav library - so you can build the ClamAV engine into your programs.

sigtool

A signature database (cvd) manipulation tool - for malware analysts and signaure writers.

clambc

Another signature manipulation tool specifically for bytecode signatures.

clamconf

A tool to check or generate ClamAV configuration files and collect additional information that may be needed to help remotely debug issues.

clamav-config

An additional tool for checking how ClamAV was compiled.