Armadito Antivirus

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#103 of 120

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6.0

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Armadito Antivirus, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

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From Armadito Antivirus's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Armadito Antivirus	Free	Open-source antivirus; computers and servers

Each one read from Armadito Antivirus's own pages, with the date it was checked.

ClamAV integration: A scan module uses the ClamAV library.checked 12 Oct 2026
Detection: It combines signature-based malware detection with heuristic modules for Windows and GNU/Linux binaries and PDF documents.checked 12 Oct 2026
Extensible modules: The project supports custom C-language modules so security experts can develop and test anti-malware techniques.checked 12 Oct 2026
Heuristic module: The H1 heuristic scan module focuses on ELF and PE analysis.checked 12 Oct 2026
Licensing: The core is LGPLv3, the web and system-tray interfaces and several scan modules are GPLv3, and the Windows driver is MS-PL.checked 12 Oct 2026
PDF scanning: A separate scan module is specifically used for PDF analysis.checked 12 Oct 2026
Purpose: Armadito is an open-source antivirus intended to protect computers and servers from malware.checked 12 Oct 2026
Quarantine setting: Quarantine can be enabled or disabled through configuration; the documented Linux default is disabled.checked 12 Oct 2026
Scanning: The interface provides on-demand scanning, real-time protection, quarantine, and a threat detection journal.checked 12 Oct 2026
Support channels: The project documentation lists a community forum and an IRC channel for contact.checked 12 Oct 2026

Linux module options: The documentation lists ClamAV, YARA, H1, and PDF as modules, and says installing all modules is optional.checked 12 Oct 2026
Linux real-time scanning: On-access scanning on Linux mainly relies on the fanotify API and can monitor removable media when enabled.checked 12 Oct 2026
Supported build platforms: The documentation provides compilation and installation guides for Linux and Windows; its interface description says it aims to be multi-platform across Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.checked 12 Oct 2026
Windows limitations: The Windows configuration guide says virus alerts are not yet implemented and on-demand scan directory exclusions are not yet implemented.checked 12 Oct 2026