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.
What's New
Version 2.9.2:
New engine install and uninstall mechanism
Engine installer now retains any user-defined local/private mirrors and proxy settings
Significantly improved ability to remove installed system infections
Improved scanning of disk images
Added the ability to quarantine/delete emails directly from within ClamXav (Apple Mail.app only)
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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 2.9.2:
New engine install and uninstall mechanism
Engine installer now retains any user-defined local/private mirrors and proxy settings
Significantly improved ability to remove installed system infections
Improved scanning of disk images
Added the ability to quarantine/delete emails directly from within ClamXav (Apple Mail.app only)
Improvements to registration key handling for volume licences
Improved speed and reliability of initial virus definition download
Better feedback during virus definitions update
Added the ability to cancel a definitions update in progress
New Colour-coded infection list helping you to know the severity of an infection as it relates to your Mac
blue: low concern (consider quarantining the file to avoid the risk of passing it onto others)
Orange: medium concern (advise quarantine)
Red: high concern (advise delete)
Green: neutralised threat
Added startup hard disk and "All my Files" to default sidebar
Added 'delete file' to default toolbar
Added 'quarantine file' to default toolbar
Status area now displays the update date/time of the official ClamXav updates rather than ClamAV
Fixed issue preventing the Dock icon progress bar displaying properly
Fixed issue causing scheduled scans not to obey exclude file preferences
Reworked ClamXav Sentry menu to be more intuitive
Improvements to ClamXav Sentry running under multiple users
Sentry menu's About Box now shows ClamXav's version number
Auto-configured Sentry watch list as well as adding it as a login item if you haven't already done this
Fixed issue where user could choose both "quarantine" and "delete" for Sentry settings
Fixed issue where Sentry may relaunch prematurely during an application update or not relaunch at all after a ClamXav update
Fixed issue where Sentry may become unresponsive and stop scanning files
Fixed issue where Sentry might display multiple notifications for the same malware infection
Changed frequency of update checks to every 3 days instead of weekly
Updated scanning engine to 0.99.2
ClamXav is the best anti-virus for Mac -- period.
As a long time user, and supporter: this software has saved me, and many friends untold hours of frustration while keeping our computers safe.
ClamXav offers free updates, malware signature updates and support for a price that is HALF what many of the other – mostly ineffective – competitors offer.
Be thankful that you can now trial and purchase a proven product that has been supported totally free for years – for less than a two-day tab at Starbucks.
I for one am happy to support this developer's talent and devotion to keeping my Mac safe.
Uses WAYYYY too much CPU and RAM. The only reason I put up with it was that it was free. Now that its developer is greedy ($30!!) as well as a hack, this is crapware to me.
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