Download ClamXav Free Antivirus for Mac OS X.

17 March 2009 by Vinay One Comment

Clam AntiVirus (ClamXAV) is a free antivirus software tool-kit for Mac OS X Leopard & Tiger. ClamXav is fully Universal which means that it will run on 10.4 and 10.5 on both PPC and Intel Macs. Apple Mac OS X Server has included ClamAV since version 10.4. It is used within the operating system’s email service. A graphical user interface is available in the form of ClamXav.Additionally, Fink and MacPorts have ported ClamAV to the platform too. Like other modern antivirus software ClamXAV can protect against a wide range of malware, including worms, rootkits, and Trojans. accocrding to Official Website “ The majority of the computing world use machines running MS Windows, for which an enormous quantity of viruses exist, so we must be vigilant in checking the files we pass on to our friends and colleagues etc. For example, if you’re a wise person and you’ve turned MS Office’s macro support off then you’re not going to notice that virus which is hiding inside this month’s edition of Extreme Ironing.doc which your friend sent you. If you then forward that document to a less wise person who has not turned off the macro support, then you have most likely just sent him a shiny new Pandora’s Box with a sign saying “Open this end”! “

QuickStart Guide

Download the ClamXav disk image from ClamXav.com
Drag ClamXav.app from the disk image into your Applications folder (or wherever you like)
Eject the ClamXav disk image
Double click ClamXav.app At this point, you may or may not be prompted to install or update the ClamAV scanning engine (See Building Your Own Engine if you want to build ClamAV yourself)
If so, click “Install” and follow the onscreen instructions. Once the installer has finished, double click ClamXav.app again