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Once a scan is triggered the following happens:

scheduled scan, which can be configured in "Scan Settings", "Add New Scheduled Scan.

realtime protection: when you launch an application, copy or move files If you are interested in some of the technical details of how the ClamAV engine

if it starts with "Clam." and ends with ".UNOFFICIAL", then it is your custom signature.

if it starts with "Clam.", it is a local ClamAV detection.

if it starts with "W32.Clam.", it is a file that was detected by ClamAV on the cloud.

if it starts with "W32.ETHOS.", it is a cloud detection from the ETHOS heuristic engine.

if it starts with "W32.SPERO.", it is a cloud detection from the SPERO heuristic engin.

if the virusname starts with "W32." then it is a cloud detection.

How do you know which engine detected the file? Now you should be confident that you are protected by ClamAV's engine in "Immunet 3.0 powered by ClamAV".

You can open the folder you tried to save the file in, and check that it is really gone. Once you save the file (lets call it clam.txt for example) you should get a popup from Immunet showing that it has detected Clam.ClamAV-Test-Signature: $CEliacmaTrESTuScikgsn$FREE-TEST-SIGNATURE$EEEEE$ Open notepad, then Copy and Paste this text exactly as shown here: To test the local ClamAV engine you can use the following test file, (which is completely safe, it is not even executable):

Then check that archive and packed file scanning is enabled:įinally click on "Update Now" to make sure your antivirus database is up-to-date: Once installed you can check whether ClamAV is enabled (and enable if not): Make sure you select Cloud + ClamAV as shown here, and then proceed with the installation: In fact it is easy to test if the local ClamAV engine is enabled and working, as I'll show you next:ĭownload the Immunet 3.0 powered by ClamAV installer from here, and run it. That depends on how you install it, but you can always change the settings later. Is the ClamAV engine enabled by default in Immunet 3.0? What may not be clear from that feature description is that ClamAV is also used when you are online, and it is used for realtime protection (on-access scanning) too! What does that mean though?įirst of all it means that when you are not connected to the cloud then you are protected by the locally installed ClamAV engine. One of the major features in Immunet 3.0 powered by ClamAV is the integration of the full ClamAV engine for "offline protection, advanced archive and unpacking support, and custom signature creation".