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I reviewed ClamXav back in 2004, but this latest update is a good reminder that everyone should take care to avoid viruses. When I tested it for my last review, my machine was clean, but it found a virus on my Virtual PC disk. You may think you’re safe because you have a Mac, but that’s no excuse for innocently passing on infected files to your PC friends.

This latest version sports a snazzy new icon and includes the latest ClamAV engine. You can schedule scans or virus updates to run when your computer is idle and ClamXav Sentry lets you scan watched folders (such as a download folder) as new items are added. There’s a new contextual menu, too, which makes it a snap to select a file or folder and scan it directly.

Bottom Line: ClamXav is still “the only user-friendly, completely free virus scanner for Mac OS X.”
From: Mark Allan
Price: Free
Platform: Macintosh