lambda23 Asked: 2012-10-13 05:53:40 +0800 CST2012-10-13 05:53:40 +0800 CST 2012-10-13 05:53:40 +0800 CST What is the difference between Clamav and Clamtk? 772 What is the difference between Clamav and Clamtk? I know that both of them are antivirus. clamav 2 Answers Voted Best Answer Rinzwind 2012-10-13T05:58:14+08:002012-10-13T05:58:14+08:00 ClamAV is the scanner or deamon. ClamAV can only detect viruses and move any infected files into a quarantined folder; it cannot remove them from files. ClamAv detects viruses on all platforms, but it is primarily useful for Windows viruses and malware. ClamTk is a GUI front-end for ClamAV using gtk2-perl. It is common practice in Linux to split the frontend/GUI from the actual program so you can use it on a server install. January 2012-10-13T05:56:35+08:002012-10-13T05:56:35+08:00 Clamtk is just a graphical interface to clamav. apt-cache show clamtk (...) Description: graphical front-end for ClamAV ClamTk is a GUI front-end for ClamAV using perl-Gtk2. Homepage: http://clamtk.sourceforge.net
ClamAV is the scanner or deamon.
ClamTk is a GUI front-end for ClamAV using gtk2-perl.
It is common practice in Linux to split the frontend/GUI from the actual program so you can use it on a server install.
Clamtk is just a graphical interface to clamav.
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