Hardcore, Lightweight, Old-Sk00L, Retro, Anti-Virus

It's hardly news to the Sourceforge community, but ClamAV beats the rap that effective AV software has to be bloated bombast-ware that bundles everything from basic AV to DHS wiretap detection. So if you've finally begun to notice the sorry state of client-side AV software and thought you'd strike first, Too Late, Somebody is Already Doing That and doing a damned good job, too; so you'll just have to clam it.

Version 0.88.5 features a very handy option to scan everything currently memory, the report looks like:

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Scan started: Tue Oct 17 11:19:27 2006

*** Scanning Programs in Computer Memory ***

*** Computer Memory Scan Completed ***

-- summary --
Known viruses: 73372
Engine version: 0.88.5
Scanned directories: 0
Scanned files: 0
Infected files: 0

Data scanned: 220.22 MB
Time: 125.771 sec (2 m 5 s)
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Completed
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Wow! 220.22MB in RAM, right now. This, on a Windows XP box that, from the user's perspective, has "nothing running right now." Typical. :)

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