ClamAV for Windows
Summary: Cisco Talos announced the release of ClamAV for Windows, the only official Windows-specific version of ClamAV, which uses a cloud-based protection mechanism and ships in separate 32-bit and 64-bit installers. The post describes an optional initial FlashScan at install, a Settings tab for toggling protection layers, and a demonstration in which a file named gb5339.exe changed the desktop background to read "You are infected" and loaded fake antivirus software on a clean Windows XP install, while ClamAV for Windows blocked the same file on-access.
What you should know: The demo shows the full chain a security leader has to plan for: a drive-by download or spoofed email delivers an executable, and the payload is a rogue antivirus scare screen built to convert fear into a purchase. The control that stopped it was on-access blocking at the moment the file was written, not a later scan.
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