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HitmanPro vs ClamAV: catalog facts
HitmanProClamAV
Paid

Commercial product from Sophos; pricing is not listed on the product page.

Free

Free and open source under the GPL 2.0, maintained by Cisco Talos.

Windows Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Works alongside an existing antivirus
  • Cloud-assisted detection
  • Signature format is open, so anyone can write detections
  • Designed to be embedded in mail servers, file shares and upload pipelines
  • Windows only
  • Commercial software
  • Detection rates trail the commercial engines in independent testing
  • Not a real-time desktop protection suite on its own
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Needs internet Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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