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Furthermore, there’s no obvious method to eliminate any threat: ClamXav trusts you to use the contextual menu. Unfortunately, the antivirus and Sentry don’t talk one another, so if Sentry catches up any unusual activity from a file on your HD, you have to launch a full scan before you can point out the malicious file, which is disheartening. Until a few months ago you could download it for free, but now you have to buy it from the developer’ site.ĬlamXav has two main features: a thorough scan of your hard disk, and a real-time warden called CalmXav Sentry. You don’t want to pass on malware to your Windows-using friends, so right click them and select Reveal in Finder and delete them, or use the Delete File menu option.You could think that ClamXav sports a clean interface, but unfortunately there’s not much more to see.ĬlamXav is a graphic user interface for OS X based on Clam, a popular and powerful open-source and cross-platform antivirus. Windows viruses, which don’t work on Macs, are often found attached to emails, so don’t immediately panic if you see that malware is found. It could take minutes or hours.Īfter scanning, any viruses are displayed. The time it takes to complete is obviously dependent on the number of files you have and the speed of your Mac. Select your home folder on the left and click Start Scan in the toolbar. Then is the time to scan it, not while it is still locked inside the zip. Malware inside of a zip cannot execute and you would have to extract the contents to open any of the apps and files it contained.

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I archive work into zips and have a lot of them, so I always tell anti virus software to ignore them. The reason for this is that scanning the contents of zips is very time consuming if you have a lot of them. Select Exclude files and use the plus button to add zip (and I aded bz too). Go the the ClamXav menu and select Preferences. You can scan the Mac’s disk drive immediately after the updates, but you might want to configure some of the options first.

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Click Check Automatically and Update Now. New threats are constantly appearing, so it is important to download the latest virus definitions. When the installer appears, just click the Continue button.Īfter installing the engine, return to ClamXav and you will see the following two messages. Ignore the View Instructions button (it’s for programmers) and click Install.

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The first time you run ClamXav, you must install the anti virus engine. If you have any problems opening it, go to System Preferences, Security and Privacy, and on the General tab under Allow apps downloaded from select Anywhere. You will see a security message asking if you are sure you want to open it. Open ClamXav.app from the Applications folder.

Also drag ClamXav Engine Remover.app to the Applications folder so if you ever want to remove the app, you can, without hunting around for ways to delete it. Drag the ClamXav.app file to the Applications folder. I got it direct from the website, but it can also be found in the Mac App Store ( UK / US).ĭownload the ClamXav.dmg file from and double click it to open it.

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(Yes, Macs have bugs as well as the odd virus or two, they aren't perfect by any means.) Here’s how to check your Mac with ClamXav. The reason why my Mac was misbehaving turned out to be a bug in OS X, but that’s another story. However, unlikely it may be, it is always worth checking your Mac occasionally and especially if it isn’t working as it should. If you think Apple kit is safe from hackers and malware, you should read The Mac Security blog. It is rare for Macs to be infected, but it is not unknown, so when my Mac started playing up, I had to check it out and downloaded ClamXav. When your Mac starts behaving strangely and not as it usually does, it makes you wonder whether it might have some sort of malware on it, such as a virus, Trojan or even a type of adware.