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ClamXav - 1.1.0

graphical interface (GUI) for ClamAV virus checker

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All Time:	(4.3)
This Version:	(4.2)
Current Version:	1.1.0
Release Date:	2008-01-23
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	21,440
Downloads (all versions):	126,421
Price:	Donationware

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Product Description:

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's new in this version:

ClamAV 0.92 included 
New 512x512px icons which look great in coverflow in Leopard 
ClamXav and ClamXav Sentry are now both using ~ in place of the path to the user's home directory to facilitate having a default settings file for all users

  ClamXav specific changes: 

Better support for diacritics and international characters in ClamXav display 
ClamXav now reports its own version and the engine's version number along with definition update date at end of each scan 
Main window's report text may be copied and pasted into other applications 
New menu item to check for ClamXav updates in the Application menu 
"Launch ClamXav Sentry" menu item moved from the File menu to the Application menu 
Preferences and other extraneous dialogs and windows have shed their sheets and brushed metal look 
Fixed "no user named 'xc'" bug in OS X 10.5 Leopard 
Fixed issue where "Scan removable volumes" preference wouldn't stick 
Admin password no longer required to modify schedules - means all users can set one for themselves (blame Apple if you think this is a security risk) 
Addressed a bug where attempting to write a schedule would fail without warning 
Re-reading schedule settings now resets the 'day' checkboxes properly 
Configuration files for freshclam and clamd are being read in their entirety so as not to overwrite any user defined settings

  Sentry specific changes: 

All new ClamXav Sentry built from the ground up 
Can optionally monitor all subdirectories of whichever folders you tell it to watch (requires 10.4 or greater) 
Scans are now logged with the time 
Support for Growl 
"Save Sentry Preferences" button in ClamXav preferences panel now tells Sentry to restart watching 
Sentry menu now waits for all watched folders to become ready before changing the icon to show that it's watching

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating:	(4.2)	Features:	(4.0)	Support:	(3.5)
Ease of Use:	(4.5)	Quality / Stability:	(4.5)	Price:	(5.0)

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Works just fine, and you can update it on your own - Version: 1.1.0, 7/15/2008 07:57PM PST

afterhours

The author provided us with a GUI for the program -- it isn't his responsibility to update the program itself.

But he has gone the extra mile to tell us how to update the program ourselves with this link:

http://www.clamxav.com/index.php?page=byo

Freeware but make it donation ware and update - Version: 1.1.0, 5/7/2008 07:37AM PST

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man290663

ClamXav is a fabulous prog with good interface however the support is a bit flakey to report a bug you have to join the developers message board (WHY?) answer an out-of date question to get in then mention the bug.

ClamXav warns that its using an outdated engine 0.92 instead of 0.93 but ther appears no way to get this update-

Also it has an inexplicable habit of stalling when scanning .msi files on windows partition even when set to ignore them.

Fortunately this is only ever used to ensure files obtained from windows aren't corrupted. BUT I'd personally be open to donating a small amount to get this updated more regulary. and a bug-report email link. making every user join the message board is simply frustrating.

CM problem in Japanese - Version: 1.1.0, 5/7/2008 06:29AM PST

Christopher Midville

In addition to the problems with Sentry noted by other reviewers, I discovered it's difficult to get the ClamXav contextual menu working properly if the system language is set to Japanese. A search of the web turned up a solution: open the CMI package and delete the Japanese resources. The CM shows up in English, but it does seem to work. Perhaps there's a flaw in the localization?

I also noticed that ClamXav seems to have problems with multiple user accounts. I installed my copy using my admin account, and it has no trouble doing a basic scan when run from that account. But when I try to run a scan from another (normal) user account, the app reports errors. I'm not sure if this problem is specific to Japanese or not.