Existing users, 
A free version is a good value for a lot of people, but I wonder how this compares to MacScan, macscan.securemac.com, the first Mac malware detection program that came out a few years ago. As MacScan is commercial, I suspect MacScan is better. The only thing MacScan is lacking is the ability to auto update definitions. It only updates when the program is launched.
I've found that a combination of ClamXAv, MacScan, and Norton Antivirus has worked well for me. All three have detected different things. But I look forward to seeing how iAntiVirus progresses.
iAntiVirus Free Edition
Protect your Mac from viruses and spyware.
Version: 1.36
MacScan is unreliable - zunipus
First: MacScan is shareware. It is not commercial AFAIK. I can't imagine them selling it in a box in a store.Second: MacScan is unreliable. I've tested it several times over the course of several versions. The results are consistently flaky. It is impossible to get it to detect items reliably. Instead you have to run it over and over and over and over to get the thing to pick up everything.
For some purposes, like detecting the full raft of 'legal' Mac Spyware and Tracking Cookies, this is the only show in town. But OMG does it suck. IMHO MacScan requires an entire rewrite in order get a rating better than one star. The developers have done some nice things like providing some sort-of working removal tools for current Trojans. So they aren't evil. They're just lousy programmers.
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Friday, July 03 2009 @ 07:38 PM PDT