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ClamXav is a free virus checker for Mac OS X. It uses the tried, tested and very popular ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a back end.
I hope you like and use ClamXav a lot and that it helps keep you and your friends/colleagues virus-free. Although I'm providing ClamXav for free, I am increasingly spending more and more time developing it and would really appreciate if you would consider making a donation please. All donations (no matter how small) are gratefully received and would be a huge incentive to help me work on future versions of ClamXav, but more
I hope you like and use ClamXav a lot and that it helps keep you and your friends/colleagues virus-free. Although I'm providing ClamXav for free, I am increasingly spending more and more time developing it and would really appreciate if you would consider making a donation please. All donations (no matter how small) are gratefully received and would be a huge incentive to help me work on future versions of ClamXav, but more
What's New
Version 2.2.5:
- Removes the updated/already-up-to-date messages in Sentry on automatic updates
- Correctly only auto-updates on launch and not when computer wakes
- If these features are not important to you, you should skip this update
- OS X 10.4 users should NOT download this update
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
VirusBarrier X...+27
Internet Secur...+22 
Sophos Anti-Vi...+19 
VirusBarrier E...+12 
MacKeeper+9 
Avira Free Mac...+3
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ClamXav is a free virus checker for Mac OS X. It uses the tried, tested and very popular ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a back end.
I hope you like and use ClamXav a lot and that it helps keep you and your friends/colleagues virus-free. Although I'm providing ClamXav for free, I am increasingly spending more and more time developing it and would really appreciate if you would consider making a donation please. All donations (no matter how small) are gratefully received and would be a huge incentive to help me work on future versions of ClamXav, but more importantly I rely on donations to pay for my bandwidth costs. Please consider it, see the ClamXav homepage, click the 'More Information' link above on this page.
I hope you like and use ClamXav a lot and that it helps keep you and your friends/colleagues virus-free. Although I'm providing ClamXav for free, I am increasingly spending more and more time developing it and would really appreciate if you would consider making a donation please. All donations (no matter how small) are gratefully received and would be a huge incentive to help me work on future versions of ClamXav, but more importantly I rely on donations to pay for my bandwidth costs. Please consider it, see the ClamXav homepage, click the 'More Information' link above on this page.
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Bigboysdad reviewed on 12 May 2012
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Ronl reviewed on 20 Apr 2012
Thanks for all of your work!
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Max66 reviewed on 15 Apr 2012
The only negative point I have is with the latest version (2.2.4): if you enable automatic signature updates, it will do it for Sentry as well (which is very good), BUT everytime I login, I get this annoying "Virus Definitions are up to date". Developers, please add an option to disable this popup.
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Whisperquiet reviewed on 05 Apr 2012
Recommended - It's easy to install and use.
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But you should have your apps in the Applications folder, especially if you are running Lion. The Applications folder has the permissions set to prevent changing things without your authorizing it. This increases security.
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Shieldjaguar2002 reviewed on 31 Mar 2012
You DO need an anti-virus app if only to stop you spreading malware to your Windoze friends, so please support this developer by donating.
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Hurricanehal reviewed on 31 Mar 2012
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Thomas1977 reviewed on 31 Mar 2012
And the question remains: are there any real virus for OSX? Is this app obsolete?
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I scanned a Mac and found some malware. It shows up in the ClamXav window. But, I can find no record of it in either of the log files.
Am I missing something here?
My System: 10.4.11/PPC (G4 MDD 1,25 Dual)
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When start this app (ClamXav 2.0.7) the window will appear: "Alert. Please download the latest virus definitions before continuing." When I press "Update Now.", the app will tell that "Definitions already up-to-date", and all starts all over again with "Alert. Please download the latest virus definitions before continuing". So endless loop...
The similar (not to say exactly the same) problem started with previous version where choosing "Update Definitions" gave "Starting update… Update Finished", but actually the database wasn't updated, and a reason "sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified" was displayed.
Any ideas how to get this great app work again?
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every time it quits unexpectedly after a few mins into scanning
anyone else had this prob?
can anyone advise please
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http://markallan.co.uk/BB/viewforum.php?f=1
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anyone advise please
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What's the URL of that post?
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BTW - my problem is resolved. It appears it was a firewall problem in the hotel I was staying at and working out of. When I returned home, all worked fine.
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However,i've got the problem that it'll scan my removable disks automatically even though i have the option ''scan inserted disks'' unchecked,this adds about 60% cpu usage,so it just becomes kinda hot there...
Anyone here could help me out,hopefully?thanks you guys
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http://markallan.co.uk/BB/viewforum.php?f=1
This behaviour is reproducible.
First time ever installation of ClamXav, Mac OS X 10.6.3, all updates.
Anyone else?
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If the way that you try to start Sentry is additional to (or different from) the method that's offered within ClamXav, then you may expect a problem.
Have you posted to the ClamXav forum?
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I've been using ClamXav for quite a while now, without difficulty. I am running OS 10.5.8. on an intel core duo iMac.
After upgrading to 2.0.5 I am unable to "update virus definitions."
I get this:
ClamAV update process started at Mon Dec 21 08:27:52 2009
Connecting via 127.0.0.1
main.cvd is up to date (version: 51, sigs: 545035, f-level: 42, builder: sven)
Connecting via 127.0.0.1
connect_error: getsockopt(SO_ERROR): fd=4 error=61: Connection refused
Can't connect to port 8228 of host 127.0.0.1 (IP: 127.0.0.1)
WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily-10177.cdiff from database.clamav.net
ERROR: chdir_tmp: Can't create directory ./clamav-876cea3294db713c6c53a6d8f9a39b85
WARNING: Incremental update failed, trying to download daily.cvd
connect_error: getsockopt(SO_ERROR): fd=4 error=61: Connection refused
Can't connect to port 8228 of host 127.0.0.1 (IP: 127.0.0.1)
ERROR: Can't download daily.cvd from database.clamav.net
Giving up on database.clamav.net...
Update failed. Your network may be down or none of the mirrors listed in /usr/local/clamXav/etc/freshclam.conf is working. Check http://www.clamav.net/support/mirror-problem for possible reasons.
I've tried uninstalling and going back to the older version.... no change....anyone help?
I also went to the clamX site, but didn't get any ideas from there.
Thanks;
JB
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I did the uninstall that comes with the package and that uninstalled the engine. After a re-install (with a new engine) all works as it should.
I do have to say that I love this app and kudos to the developer.
I have a PC for work and the virus detection on that one is just so boring.
Clam stuff like this is just such a hoot.... "I will quarantine infected files
..." Shades of "Hal." LOL!
Now it won't scan and gives me an error message "immediately" to a folder that no longer exists relating to where viruses had been kept with 2.01.
The Message is: ERROR: '"/Volumes/OneTouch4/Virus for ClamXav/"' doesn't exist or is not a directory
It then shuts down...
Thoughts anyone?
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Solution (lucky guess, worked for me): unistall the program completely - I used AppCleaner for that. Re-install and it should work.
My guess, there's some incompatibility in the old plist.
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TripHHH rated on 01 May 2012
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