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Sourcefire Buys ClamAV

The developers stay on as Sourcefire employees
By Virtualization News
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September 5, 2007 10:30 PM EDT
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Snort creator Sourcefire, the open source network security house that went public in March to subsequent poor reviews, has acquired ClamAV, a popular open source network anti-virus toolkit and associated copyrights from its developers on undisclosed terms.

The developers stay on as Sourcefire employees.

The broader reach will cost Sourcefire a one-time charge of 9 cents-12 cents this quarter to write off in-process R&D.

ClamAV is said to be one of the most broadly adopted open source software, the equivalent of any commercial anti-virus.

Published September 5, 2007 – Reads 7,667
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