I was recently informed that some IT consultants advise their nonprofit clients to use free-for-personal-use antivirus software at their organizations. While perhaps well-intentioned advice, theft is arguably not the best software policy for a nonprofit organization. Further, nonprofits have access to some incredibly discounted and legitimately free antivirus options. So rather than exploring ethical quandaries, let's instead take a more practical look at a handful of common antivirus options available for nonprofit, commercial, and home use.

In this Resource Review, we introduce ClamWin, an antivirus solution available free of charge for home and institutional use.