Sourcefire, the company that bought the SNORT OpenSource project some time ago, acquired today the ClamAV antivirus project.

From the press Release:

“Open source innovator and SNORT® creator, Sourcefire, Inc. today announced the acquisition of leading open source gateway anti-virus technology provider, ClamAV. Sourcefire will continue to develop and offer ClamAV as an open source (GPL) solution, while also leveraging it throughout the commercial Sourcefire Enterprise Threat Management (ETM) offerings.”

The ClamAV project released a FAQ to answer common questions regarding the aquisition.