> At the moment three versions are officially supported by Cisco's Talos, the > authors of the software.
Cisco's Talos are the *current* authors of the software. ClamAV was started in 2001 by Tomasz Kojm and a group of Open Source enthusiasts. In 2007, they sold the software to Sourcefire (of Snort fame), and the principal developers joined Sourcefire as employees. Cisco acquired Sourcefire in 2013. Since the original software was covered by the GPLv2 license, Cisco has kept the source code open (as they must), including the many improvements they have made. The Wikipedia article on ClamAV barely mentions its origin, but it does have two links: https://web.archive.org/web/20120206053729/http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/08/31/virus_aabejfhaib_ag/ (Tomasz Kojm interview) https://web.archive.org/web/20080828173858/http://www.clamav.net/about/ The latter in turn links to the original developer team: https://web.archive.org/web/20080828173858/http://www.clamav.net/about/team/ Disclaimer: I have never been associated with the development of ClamAV, but I have used it since well before the Sourcefire acquisition. (I even have a copy of the 0.88.4 source code from 2006!) In any case, I think the originators of ClamAV should get proper credit. _______________________________________________ clamav-users mailing list clamav-users@lists.clamav.net https://lists.clamav.net/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav-documentation https://docs.clamav.net/#mailing-lists-and-chat
