
“Today, the number of viruses actively attacking OS X users is.NONE! However, this doesn't mean we should get complacent about checking incoming email attachments or web downloads, for two reasons. “Back in the days before OS X, the number of viruses which attacked Macintosh users totaled somewhere between about 60 and 80,” Mark Allan ( ) says.

Three bugs have been addressed as well (listed below). The beta program also ensures that the full summary appears at the end of a scan and adds French localization. The software now prevents drag and drop if a scan/update is running and has much better memory usage when scanning large folders, according to the changelog. The same log-in-and-out routine applies to enable the functionality. The finder contextual menu "Scan with ClamXav" is now available for (10.6) Snow Leopard users. ClamXav uses the ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a backend and is able to successfully check for viruses.Īccording to the release notes for ClamXav 2.0.2 beta, developer Mark Allan added a "Scan with ClamXav" item in the Services menu, noting that users now had to log out and back in again to make this work.

ClamXav, the free virus checker for Mac OS X, has been updated to version 2.0.2 beta and is available for download today.
