ClamXAV

Must I pay for clamxav for an old imac 10.11.6. It no longer gets updates?

Many years ago Clamxav was totally free. My older brother with all the college degrees in computer science said to use this app. . It was recommended by someone in the IT dept at UConn. Im sold. Uninstall other brand x apps and why not pay for peace of mind in the safe mac world.

The current version is 3.5.3

I'd say, there's really plenty, not to say too much room for improvement; options like behavioral / network protection - of course this wouldn't be for everyone, I know all these mac users who state: it's useless and only slows down my mac... I think this is true only for badly programmed AV-software, well programmed AV software should offer these features, leave it to users to deactivate them - and perform good anyhow. But worse: it's partly rather buggy... For example when it installs, it shows strange notifications. I mean what the heck is "Mark Allan", or "open" supposed to mean, why should I allow this?? It's confusing for end users and simply bad GUI design (not optimized in any way for macOS Ventura, and this is after several months of the final release). What's worse, they still look strange / suspicious in the "Background processes" section of the system prefs: there's exactly these 2 entries "Mark Allan" and "open" (the last one even states: "Item from an unidentified developer"). How am I supposed to know, which programs these background activities are belonging to, esp. if I find them after half a year or so? I know my mac quite well, therefore I was able to find out - but the average user can't. If you deactivate one of those, of course the software doesn't work correctly anymore. It's so unprofessional, it makes me very skeptical about this "security" software. And it's not the 1st time, I found things like this; also informed the developer about things now and then, but I'm afraid it's not going to be of much use (never got any feedback). Which is really a pity, since there's really not that much decent mac security software on the market, most is garbage really. Very annoying.

The current version is 3.5.2 !!!

The current version is 3.5.1

The current version is 3.5.1

Wasn't version 3.4 released in April? What happened to ClamXAV 3.5 Build 9386, which was mentioned here last month (note that the previous 2 comments were posted while 3.5 was considered the latest version by MacUpdate)? I do not see any sign of 3.5 on the ClamXAV site. Was it a legit release? I would be a bit concerned if I had installed version 3.5.

If there are no Mac viruses and this only finds malware, why spend any money on it at all when the free Malwarebytes is available and quite effective. Free version without real time protection that you probably don't need and would slow down the computer. Just set a monthly reminder to scan for malware and try to not be gullible in the first place.

I've been using the exact program on both of my Macs for at least 4 years now, and it is a gem! As others have said, it does an excellent job, and keeps my Macs safe. When it swirthed to a yearly pay application, I went for it (same with SuperDuper!). I don't mind supporting folks who design excellent, solid applications.

As you can see, very few people have 'liked' the product on its Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/clamxav Just 378 at the last count.

I think ClamXAV is one of the most reliable anti-malware products on the market. A simple and elegant design. Does exactly what it promises to do.

No performance degradation on my iMac running Big Sur. Sophos Home Premium was a big drag on my system.

https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-macos/macos-catalina/june-2020/canimaan-software-clamxav-3.0-202006/

All this whining about fees and then AVG and Avast started to meddle with SSL and selling browser usage data. Be the product or pay a fee. I know what I choose.

schnell und zuverlässig

Worked reliably for years. I don’t mind the price, since such a piece of software requires to be constantly looked after.

works good

I used ClamXav for years. Now I have an issue (Ticket #790366) and no answer for a few days. The eMail: support@clamxav.com does not work to send any notes. Looks that I have to find an other programm.

Version 3.0.12 is not ready for Mojave.