LinuxWorld hosts a battle royal of anti-virus software in an AV 'FightClub' - 10 AV products are put up against 25 viruses to see who is still left standing. Don't worry, open-source enthusiasts, ClamAV performed in the top-tier, being one of only 3 tools that detected and properly blocked those viruses. Certain tools couldn't even catch 10% of the viruses. This just goes to show just how effective open source can be especially in the world of "taken for granted" anti-virus programs.

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