Barracuda defends open-source antivirus from patent attack

Posted by SamShazaam on Jan 29, 2008 3:01 PM EDT
Ars Technica; By Ryan Paul
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Mail and security appliance vendor Barracuda Networks announced plans today to defend the open-source ClamAV antivirus program from dubious patent threats made by Trend Micro, a prominent security software company. Trend Micro claims that its US Patent 5,623,600 broadly covers the concept of server-based antivirus software on FTP and SMTP gateways.

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