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ClamXav is a popular virus checker for OS X.
I have been working on ClamXav for more than 10 years now, and over those years, I have invested a huge amount of my own time and energy into bringing ClamXav to where it is today -- one of the most trusted and recommended anti-virus solutions for the Mac. In the past, other priorities got in the way and I wasn't able to focus on development as much as I would have liked, but that stops now. ClamXav is now a commercial product. It's being sold through a new company (Canimaan Software Ltd) but don't let that fool you -- I'm still the owner and lead developer.
Version 3.0.9:
Full pricing information can be found here.
- Fix for issue with scheduled scans
ClamXAV is imho the best antivirus/anti-malware software for the Mac. But now with version 3 they switched to a subscription model. And they just lost a paying customer. Sorry, but I'm saying bye-bye.
I understand people have to earn a living. I don't expect everything for free.
However:
1) ClamXav licences less than 2 years old are now useless: virus updates we hear will be stopped from end of oct. 2018
2) Version 3 requires a OS update. This is notunreasonable, excelt that with point (1) we do not have the option of continuing to use existing versions: therefore upgrading to V3 forces an OX upgrade.
3) The annual fee: I am not a fan.
Furthermore ClamXav has always had a problem as far as I'm concerned: the spinning ball curse when performing most actions. A quick test:
- A staight "open clamxav" : two minutes of spinning ball leading to "Starting update... update complete" and "Anouncing V3".
Which still won't respond: More spinning ball.
• I've contacted ClamXav in the past concerning this issue: the response was "given ticket ..." and no more. I did not insist, since I left ClamXav scanning quietly in the background and didn't use the interface, spinning ball issue preventing.
Regarding protection: I can't judge on this point since all I have found is about three phishing emails picked up by ClamXav over the last two years.
Therefore I wil not be renewing my licence by upgrading my OS and moving to a subscription model, much as I appreciate programmers need to earn a living: it doesn't work well enough.
icon. Plus, keep all your apps updated.
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