ClamXAV for Mac
Virus checker based on ClamAV.
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ClamXAV overview
ClamXAV is a popular virus checker for OS X.
Time to take control
ClamXAV keeps threats at bay and puts you firmly in charge of your Mac’s security. Scan a specific file or your entire hard drive. Set it to scan automatically or run instant checks on suspicious files. It’s entirely up to you.
Silent and deadly
ClamXAV is light on processing but heavy on malware. You won’t even notice it working away in the background - but threats to your Mac will, as virus definitions are constantly updated.
You and your Mac
Whether you’re a home user, business user or education user, ClamXAV provides effective malware protection on a single Mac or an entire network. With generous volume discounts available, it’s a small price to pay for peace of mind.
What’s new in version 3.6.1
- Support for macOS 14 Sonoma
- Fix for scans hanging on certain disk image types
- Fix an issue where settings delivered from the Xenia Management Console may cause ClamXAV to crash under certain circumstances
- Security update for the bundled scanning engine
ClamXAV for Mac
$29.95
In English
Version 3.6.1
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Aug 9 2024
Version: 3.6.1
Approaching 20 years as a Mac software provider...great job!
However, the inclusion of religious and other forced social engineering is offensive and should be removed, asap!
A user from the early betas thru current paid versions I will have to pause my subscription.
Mar 8 2023
Version: 3.5.5
Must I pay for clamxav for an old imac 10.11.6. It no longer gets updates?
Mar 8 2023
Version: 3.5.5
Many years ago Clamxav was totally free.
My older brother with all the college degrees in computer science said to use this app.
. It was recommended by someone in the IT dept at UConn. Im sold. Uninstall other brand x apps and why not pay for peace of mind in the safe mac world.
Jan 15 2023
Version: 3.5.2
I'd say, there's really plenty, not to say too much room for improvement; options like behavioral / network protection - of course this wouldn't be for everyone, I know all these mac users who state: it's useless and only slows down my mac... I think this is true only for badly programmed AV-software, well programmed AV software should offer these features, leave it to users to deactivate them - and perform good anyhow.
But worse: it's partly rather buggy... For example when it installs, it shows strange notifications. I mean what the heck is "Mark Allan", or "open" supposed to mean, why should I allow this?? It's confusing for end users and simply bad GUI design (not optimized in any way for macOS Ventura, and this is after several months of the final release).
What's worse, they still look strange / suspicious in the "Background processes" section of the system prefs: there's exactly these 2 entries "Mark Allan" and "open" (the last one even states: "Item from an unidentified developer"). How am I supposed to know, which programs these background activities are belonging to, esp. if I find them after half a year or so? I know my mac quite well, therefore I was able to find out - but the average user can't. If you deactivate one of those, of course the software doesn't work correctly anymore.
It's so unprofessional, it makes me very skeptical about this "security" software.
And it's not the 1st time, I found things like this; also informed the developer about things now and then, but I'm afraid it's not going to be of much use (never got any feedback).
Which is really a pity, since there's really not that much decent mac security software on the market, most is garbage really. Very annoying.
