2KTZ  after downloading this and reading install instructions for leopard ie, to make "contextual folder" in home library it says to copy the plug in into that folder before logging out or restarting

how do yo do this?..copy the plugin to the contextual folder ?

do you drag and drop it?

i tried right clicking on the plug in but i have no idea where it was copied to? can anyone help?..it is not on desktop...

help please i have no idea where it was copied to  
(Version 2.0.5)

MLBKXBX  Great application!

We must thank the developer for (from what i understand) getting mac virus definitions into the clamav virus engine.

The application itself looks rather good. I value that highly. It *is* OS X after all. ClamXav provides just what i need from an anti virus program, without the bloat of course!

The only problem i've had is that it crashed on me once while scanning. One thing that is not clear on the home page, is if it does catch OSX trojans/spyware such as what MacScan would do.

Anyways, i just sent the developer a £10 donation. I would suggest you do the same. It's refreshing not to have to pay a subscription to have my computer protected.

Last, but not least, i'm now free from all the crap that [insert windows antivirus solution here] would install on my computer!  
(Version 2.0.5)

JB4  Error 52?

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

  
(Version 2.0.5)

JRWILSONSR  I had been using an older version of ClamXav (2.01) and noted it was no longer starting up (it looked like it but was not). I downloaded the newest version 2.03 215.

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?  
(Version 2.0.3)

CHUCKK  I think this is a nice update (especially while running Tiger on a G4). From a performance standpoint this new version seems significantly faster. Especially when starting some new activity. Download of daily updates and starting new scan happen very quickly as opposed the older version that had a significant delay (many time more than a minute).

The interface is more "mac" like, much nicer eye candy.

So far seem stable.

Resource hogging appears to be better with this version, still not very good but definitely moving in the right direction.  
(Version 2.0.3)

XPLICIT  Quite an interesting approach to label a beta release with a normal version number.  
(Version 2.0.3)

DP-G4-450GUY  PLEASE add an 'a' or 'b' to your rev numbers

for alpha and beta product - thanks.  
(Version 2.0.3)

GBBOB  This is a great program and of corse you cannot beat the price. BUT, it is a CPU HOG. When Clam Sentry is running in the background, it eats anywhere from 60 to 85% of the CPU and I am running a 2 gig G5 Tower with 3 gigs of RAM. It even causes my Mac to momentary freeze when i am in zoom mode and I hate turning it off because it has found malware and other software on my Mac that i did not download. The program does work well but it is just too much of a CPU pig. I went to Activity Monitor and it was at the top of the list eating 60 to 85% of the CPU load. I know the app is free and is even used in LCC and SLCC but there has to be a way to reduce the CPU demand. Please fix this major flaw in what could be a great virus software. End of Line...  
(Version 2.0.2b)

MUTZ  Is this compatible with leopard server 10.5.8 on PPC?  
(Version 2.0.1)

STRYCH9  Same for me on 10.5.8 G4 PPC Dual 1.25, works or crashes for the same file, try several times until an update...  
(Version 2.0.1)