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Open-source components
Antivirus Zap is built on our own scanning code together with well-known open-source projects. This page lists the bundled third-party program and its licence.
ClamAV
Antivirus Zap includes command-line programs from ClamAV, the open-source antivirus engine maintained by Cisco Talos, and uses the ClamAV signature database alongside our own threat signatures. The ClamAV programs run as separate helper tools inside the app.
- Licence: GNU General Public License, version 2 (read the licence)
- Project website: clamav.net
- Source code: github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav
To receive the exact source code for the ClamAV version bundled with your copy of Antivirus Zap, email antivirus.support@antiviruszap.com and tell us your Antivirus Zap version. We will send it at no charge.
ClamAV is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. Antivirus Zap is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cisco.
Other libraries
The direct-download Pro edition uses Sparkle (MIT licence) to deliver software updates. Other open-source libraries used by the app are credited in the app's About window.