ClamXav

Free GUI front end to the ClamAV opensource virus checker. Update the virus definitions. Point it to a file or folder and scan. Other features include logging results to a file, placing infected files into quarantine, monitoring folders for changes to their contents and a Finder Contextual Menu Item.

What is new in this release:

• Updated Engine to 0.98.6
• Can now stop Sentry from the ClamXav menu as well as starting it
• Fixed crash in scheduler for OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8
• Fixed issue with animated Dock icon using inordinate amounts of CPU usage
• Scan log now shows the date/time correct for your own timezone
• Fixed links from ClamXav to the online documentation
• ClamXav Sentry specific updates
• Fix for incorrect "Sentry not allowed to check for ClamXav updates"
• Properly honours the exclusion settings in ClamXav's preferences
• Properly honours the "scan email" settings in ClamXav's preferences
• Support for Fast User Switching (finally!)
• Scan log now shows the date/time correct for your own timezone
• Checks clamd periodically and restarts it if necessary
• Stops clamd on quit to fix slow shutdown issue on OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)
• Improved stability particularly on 10.6
• Fixed intermittent crash when user selects "Never Scan" in the large volume prompt
• Menu now animates regardless of how quickly the scan completes
• Stopped unimportant log messages from filling up system.log
• Expert preference setting to prevent Sentry controlling clamd if you already have your own clamd monitoring setup*
  * If you enable this expert preference setting, ClamXav Sentry will NOT monitor clamd at all; it will assume clamd is always running. To enable it, run the following in Terminal:
  defaults write uk.co.markallan.clamxav clamdControlledExternally -bool YES; killall cfprefsd
• Expert preference setting to cause Sentry to prompt for FUSE filesystems which report their size as 0MB
  defaults write uk.co.markallan.clamxav.clamxav-sentry PromptForZeroSizedVolumes -bool YES; killall cfprefsd
• Expert preference setting to disable prompts for /home and /net - only needed if you enable the expert pref for zero-sized volumes above.
  defaults write uk.co.markallan.clamxav.clamxav-sentry IgnoreSystemVolumes -bool YES; killall cfprefsd
• Expert preference setting to change the threshold at which Sentry will prompt to scan new disks. Default value is 100 MB.
  defaults write uk.co.markallan.clamxav.clamxav-sentry LargeVolumePromptSizeInMBs XX; killall cfprefsd

What is new in version 2.7.4:

Updated Engine to 0.98.6
Can now stop Sentry from the ClamXav menu as well as starting it
Fixed crash in scheduler for OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8
Fixed issue with animated Dock icon using inordinate amounts of CPU usage
Scan log now shows the date/time correct for your own timezone
Fixed links from ClamXav to the online documentation
ClamXav Sentry specific updates
- Properly honours the exclusion settings in ClamXav's preferences
- Properly honours the "scan email" settings in ClamXav's preferences
- Support for Fast User Switching (finally!)
- Scan log now shows the date/time correct for your own timezone
- Checks clamd periodically and restarts it if necessary
- Stops clamd on quit to fix slow shutdown issue on OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)
- Improved stability particularly on 10.6
- Fixed intermittent crash when user selects "Never Scan" in the large volume prompt
- Menu now animates regardless of how quickly the scan completes
- Stopped unimportant log messages from filling up system.log
- Hidden pref to prevent Sentry controlling clamd if you already have your own clamd monitoring setup*
* If you enable this hidden preference setting, ClamXav Sentry will NOT monitor clamd at all; it will assume clamd is always running. To enable it, run the following in Terminal:
defaults write uk.co.markallan.clamxav clamdControlledExternally -bool YES; killall cfprefsd

What is new in version 2.7:

• Updated Engine to ClamAV 0.98.5
• New Today Extension for OS X 10.10 Yosemite showing scan/update results at a glance
• Can now close the main ClamXav window and scanning continues
• Added ability to deal with false positives
• ClamXav Sentry now at v3.0
• - Completely rewritten with new user interface
• - No need to provide admin username/password on 10.7+
• - New window to list any infected items which are found
• - Quarantine/Delete/Move Back items directly within ClamXav Sentry
• - Supports Notification Center on OS X 10.8+
• - No more screens littered with Growl popups (10.8+)
• - If watching for new disks, a prompt appears before scanning large disks
• - Option to say "never scan this large volume"
• - New menu bar icon for missed notifications
• - New clearer menu bar icons
• - Retina menu bar icons (finally!)
• - Support for Dark Mode/Themes in OS X 10.10 Yosemite
• - All dialog boxes now appear in front of all other windows (finally!)
• - Sentry can now check for ClamXav updates (only if ClamXav itself is permitted)
• Command-key shortcuts now work in both ClamXav and Sentry

What is new in version 2.6.4:

• ClamAV engine updated 0.98.4
• ClamXav now supports going full screen on OS X 10.7+
• Fixed issue where ClamXav might incorrectly report a file being moved to quarantine
• Fixed issue where ClamXav would crash if the RunFreshclam tool was missing
• Fixed issue where clamdscan gets stuck in a loop using 100% CPU
• Improvements for OS X 10.10 Yosemite