Are there any open source network-wide antivirus?

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Published on 2009-11-18T14:53:19Z Indexed on 2010/03/24 0:03 UTC
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I am looking for a free solution. I read about Untangle, and long ago I used IPCop. I know, they are not AV per se, but they have the ability and include AV softwares. However, I need a bit more. I need the feature of scanning a single PC, or a range of PCs.

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