Step 1 Find ClamXAV0Installer.pkg in your Downloads Folder and double click it and follow the on-screen prompts to perform the installation.
However, the application might be slow in its scanning process, its capabilities and price is really worth trying for your Mac system.If your computer still has Mac OS X 10.6.8 to 10.9.5, you can use ClamXAV 2. This is because the application is open source and free. It even supports other operating system platform such as Windows and Linux.
With its real time scanning capabilities as well as server side scanner, it offers an up to date protection for your computer.
It even supports document files from office applications such as Microsoft Office, HTML documents and Portable Document Format (PDF).ħ When looking for antivirus software tool that can work on Mac OS X, ClamXav is one of the recommended tools for the system. It can support multiple file formats from Zip, RAR, Gzip, OLE2, Tar and other mail file formats. It has Milter features also that works on sending mail and on-demand scanning. It runs on antivirus engine taken from library that is shared across the network.
Another thing, updates of the application are free of charge thus users can enjoy the benefit of using it.Ħ ClamXav Utilities: The application uses a lot of utilities such as command line scanner, scalable and multi-threaded daemon and database that is updated automatically. This was developed basically for Unix systems thus it also has other third party versions that runs on Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and even Microsoft Windows. Although it is not the fastest antivirus scanner tool, the price of it is worth taking for and this is absolutely free for your Mac system.ĥ ClamXav Advantage: When it comes to its advantages, the application is capable of performing scanning process on mail servers making it as an virus scanner. The features and speed of the software is quite simple compared to other commercial antivirus programs.
However, Mac users will sometimes get disappointed because the manual scan using ClamXav is quite tedious and slow. Although, threats in Mac system is not quite an issue, but when it comes to up to date protection ClamXav is definitely one of the best recommended tool for Mac computers.Ĥ Software Disadvantage: Using the software can be done easily, just simply designate the directory where you want the application to load every time you start the computer. This supports the Mac OS X version 10.4 known as Tiger, 10.5 as Leopard and can support version 10.3 as Panther and 10.2 as Jaguar although it is only limited.ģ The fact that the application is based on ClamAV, it is capable also of detecting malware and other threats for Windows. It even supports multiple languages from Danish, French, English, Italian, Spanish, Korean and Polish. What’s good about this application is that it is capable of real-time scanning such as s and other files in your computer. Know more about this antivirus software tool for your Mac system and you will see that it is just the right virus scanner that is worth to try.ĬlamXav was made basing from the ClamAV virus scanner which is an open source. Looking for antivirus scanner that is just right for your Mac OS X? Try ClamXav and see what it can do your Mac computer. Presentation on theme: "ClamXav Antivirus Scanner: A Free Tool for Your Mac OS X"- Presentation transcript:ġ ClamXav Antivirus Scanner: A Free Tool for Your Mac OS X