Portable ClamWin on a USB or Removable Drive |
You may use a pre-built portable ClamWin made avaialble by PortableApps.com. You can get it by clicking on this link.
Alternatively follow this guide to make your own portable ClamWin
You can take ClamWin Free Antivirus with you on a USB pen drive, CD or DVD
- Install ClamWin on a host PC with Windows XP or higher
- Copy all the files from "c:\program files\clamwin" to a "clamwin" folder on a removable drive. unins000.exe and unins000.dat files are not needed
- Copy the following files:
- Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
- msvcm80.dll
- msvcm80.dll
- msvcr80.dll
from "c:\program files\clamwin\bin\Microsoft.VC80.CRT" to the "clamwin\bin" folder on your removable drive.
- Copy this ClamWin.conf (right-click to Save) file to "clamwin\bin" folder on the removable drive (note Standalone=1 setting)
- Create the folowing foldres on the removable drive:
- "clamwin\log"
- "clamwin\db"
- "clamwin\quarantine"
- Copy the database files (main.cvd and daily.cvd) from your database directory on the host PC (default location is "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\.clamwin\db") to the "clamwin\db" folder on the removable drive.
- That's it, you can now run clamwin.exe from clamwin folder on your removable drive.
Notes:- It may take a while to load ClamWin.exe depending on the removable drive speed
- If you use ClamWin Free Antivirus on a read-only drive (CD or DVD) your need to burn the latest database before use and won't be able to change preferences.
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