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[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 51 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes. Security through obscurity is an illusion. ClamAV is a well known and high performance open source AV solution.

Edit: Here is the CWE entry on the topic in case anybody wants to read some more details as to how and why obscurity is not a valid approach to security.