Macworld’s buying adviceĬlamXav 1.1 is an able antivirus program that will keep your Mac protected, though it doesn’t offer all the features that more-expensive programs do. ClamXav 2.7 is the last free edition of the storied Mac antivirus app, but it fails to impress with an unintuitive interface and poor independent lab scores. The application also supports Growl, the systemwide notification feature, which allows ClamXav and Sentry to alert you.
When Sentry detects a virus, it pops up an alert that allows you to either put the virus in quarantine (assuming you’ve set up a quarantine folder), move the file to the trash, or ignore the alert. One thing to note: the scanning speeds, and the ramp up time before a scan actually begins are both hugely improved over v2. Telling Sentry which folders to watch involves dragging the folders into the ClamXav Sentry window, which can be a little cumbersome if you’re trying to select several folders at the same time. CLAMXAV REVIEW UPDATE CLAMXAV REVIEW MAC When ClamXAV went commercial in 2016 I bought it immediately for 30 to support the developer. ClamXav Sentry, which was completely rewritten for ClamXav 1.1, sits in your menu bar when activated and silently watches over the folders you point it to. It would be nice if future updates prompted the user to set up an update check schedule upon installation.ĬlamXav’s spartan interface can be confusing, but the program gets the job done.Īn additional application that comes with ClamXav, called ClamXav Sentry, can be set to monitor folders in real time.
So it’s possible that ClamXav’s scans could miss newer threats due to outdated definitions.
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Since I have Mac OS X Tiger, (ClamXav dosent seem to work well in Tiger) I probably wont. Out of the box, ClamXav isn’t set up by default to check for updates. Find ClamXav in your Applications and drag it to the trash can. Clamxav - posted in DOS/PDA/Other: Anyone ever use this free anti virus It seems to have mixed reviews. You can easily schedule scans and update virus definitions.
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