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VirusTotal vs ClamAV: catalog facts
VirusTotal	ClamAV
Free Scanning URLs and files on the website is free.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0, maintained by Cisco Talos.
Web	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Aggregates verdicts from many scanning engines Handles both URLs and files	Signature format is open, so anyone can write detections Designed to be embedded in mail servers, file shares and upload pipelines
Uploaded items are processed by a third-party service Verdicts can disagree and need interpreting	Detection rates trail the commercial engines in independent testing Not a real-time desktop protection suite on its own
Web application	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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