What is clamscan.exe?

clamscan.exe is part of ClamWin Antivirus according to the clamscan.exe version information.

clamscan.exe's description is "ClamWin Antivirus"

clamscan.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\ClamWin\bin\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about clamscan.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on clamscan.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameClamWin Antivirus
File descriptionClamWin Antivirus
Internal nameclamscan.exe
Original filenameclamscan.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2007-2011 Sourcefire, Inc. / ClamWin Pty Ltd
Product version0, 97, 1, 0
File version0, 97, 1, 0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameClamWin Antivirus
File descriptionClamWin Antivirus
Internal nameclamscan.exe
Original filenameclamscan.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2007-2011 Sourcefire, ..
Product version0, 97, 1, 0
File version0, 97, 1, 0

Digital signatures [?]

clamscan.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 42 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the clamscan.exe file.

None of the 42 anti-virus programs detected the clamscan.exe file.

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5d01bedfeab66da37c87cb384a8b6b973
SHA256434fe80bcfd3daec651f502832a2e92e16b48c1019a37ce047ee627dcf4e480d

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to clamscan.exe:

clamscan.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

clamscan.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

ClamWin Antivirus has stopped working.

End Program - clamscan.exe. This program is not responding.

clamscan.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

clamscan.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with clamscan.exe?

To help other users, please let us know what you will do with clamscan.exe:



What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with clamscan.exe. 95% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 85 users.

User vote results: There were 81 votes to remove and 4 votes to keep

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with clamscan.exe.

Malware or legitimate?

If you feel that you need more information to determine if your should keep this file or remove it, please read this guide.

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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