ClamWin Free Antivirus is a freeware antivirus product that comes with regular definition updates, powerful scanning tools and a dedicated task scheduler.

Although it's supposed to perform such an important task, that of defending your computer of malicious files, ClamWin Free Antivirus has a rather old interface.

It helps the app get the job done, that's true, but it's pretty far from what we're seeing in other antivirus products out there.

The main window lets you pick a location to scan, but also gives you access to the update tool in order to get the latest virus definitions as fast as possible.

There's one major thing to be mentioned when it comes to ClamWin Free Antivirus: it doesn't provide real-time protection, so if you want to find and clean and infected file, you have to do it manually. Pick the folder where you believe the virus resides and scan it, ClamWin Free Antivirus knows what to do next.

The scanning process goes fast, but the application requires a moderate amount of computer resources, so older systems may be stressed up a little bit.

On the other hand, make sure to have a look in the settings menu. There are tons of options in there, including dedicated tools for the Internet updates, proxy servers, scheduled scans, email scanning and reports.

ClamWin Free Antivirus can take care of your email client as well, as it integrates in Microsoft Outlook and checks the incoming messages to make sure they're clean.

The installer also comprises a third-party toolbar and attempts to change the default search provider in your browser, so pay attention to every single step when setting up the program.

All in all, ClamWin Free Antivirus is a nice project but it still needs a lot of improvements. And the first thing to be updated is definitely the interface.