- ClamXAV v3.1.2 - 11th November 2020
- Reduced CPU usage
- Fix for issues with an empty sidebar and crashing database updates
- Fixed issue preventing external drives/volumes being ejected during a scan
- Sentry will no longer automatically scan Audio CDs (remember them?)
- ClamXAV v3.1.1 - 7th October 2020
- Improvements in CPU usage
- Improvements in Time Machine volume recognition
- Improvements in handling false positives
- Fix for Full Disk Access menu item showing up (disabled) on macOS before 10.14
- Fixed typos in French
- Security update details:
- Affected parts: Privileged Helper Tool and Privileged Helper Tool Updater
Available for: macOS 10.10 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
Description: A local privilege escalation issue was resolved with improved client verification in the privileged helper tools.
Thanks to Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security for reporting this to us. - ClamXAV v3.1 - 11th August 2020
- Added support for macOS 11 (Big Sur)
- Additional log file processing for business customers
- Improved QuickScan speed
- Updated French localisation
- Updated Portugese translation
- Fixed typo in German localisation
- Improvements in multi-user setups
- Improvements to handling of virtual machine images
- References to 'Internet' are now 'internet', inline with current practice and style guidelines.
- References to 'expiry date' are now 'renewal date'
- Fixed intermittent issue where main window may open far too small
- Fixed issue where clean files may show in the infection list with '(null)' as the infection name.
- Fixed intermittent issue where Quick Scan would appear like it's constantly in progress.
- Fixed an intermittent issue that caused it to look like ClamXAV had hung at the end of a QuickScan
- Fixed intermittent issue with open panel not showing
- Fixed an issue preventing an item showing up as deleted
- Fixed issue with 'Last Scanned Date' on macOS 10.15
- An item's 'Last Scanned Date' now shows relative dates
- ClamXAV will now report meta-data on malware detections. Note that we're tracking malware, not you!
- See our Privacy Policy for more details.
- ClamXAV v3.0.15 - 18th December 2019
- Improved scan times on macOS 10.15 Catalina
- Improved reliability of Full Disk Access check
- Improved removal of configuration profiles
- Fixed intermittent issue where Sentry wouldn't honour exclude/ignore settings
- Fixed intermittent issue where Sentry would attempt to scan external/network disks incorrectly.
- Improved efficiency
- Reverts a previous change by excluding the community malware database by default.
- This may be re-enable via Advanced Preferences
- Fixed typo in French localisation
- Resolved issue with networked volumes unexpectedly being scanned on macOS 10.15 Catalina
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
- ClamXAV v3.0.14 - 10th October 2019
- Qualified for use on macOS 10.15 Catalina
- Improvements in Full Disk Access
- Improvements to speed of malware database download and verification
- ClamXAV Menu item now updates properly when subscription is renewed
- Improved efficiency for removing some particularly stubborn malware
- Resolved various issues with mail scanning script
- Fixed issue where the email scanning script wasn't being updated properly
- Resolved an issue with scheduling
- Fix for Time Machine volume still getting scanned despite being excluded
- Fix for excessive CPU usage caused by already-heavy load on the computer
- Resolved issues with preferences override for enterprise customers
- Resolved an issue with mounting remote volumes during a Quick Scan
- ClamXAV Menu Item no longer jumps up and down during scanning/updating
- ClamXAV v3.0.12 - 15th July 2019
- Added the ability to deactivate your Mac so you can move your licence to another Mac
- Added ability (via expert global pref SentryQuarantineDisabled ) to turn off Sentry auto-quarantining
- Added log rotation for ClamXAV-helper.log file
- Improved installation of the email scanning script
- Resolved various bugs with the email scanning script
- Improved handling of corrupt files
- Improved reliability of built-in uninstaller
- Removed some more unnecessary log output
- Updated non-English translations
- ClamXAV v3.0.11 - 13th May 2019
- Improved support for home folders which have been moved onto different volumes
- Improvements to malware database download process
- Improved handling of situation when Apple Mail failed to download an email's attachments
- Improvements in subscription handling
- Fixed issue which could cause ClamXAV to be unresponsive with an empty Source List
- Fixed issue which prevented ClamXAV checking its own app updates properly
- Removed some unnecessary log output
- Updated date in the copyright strings
- ClamXAV v3.0.10 - 29th April 2019
- ClamXAV is now notarized via the Apple Notarization Service
- Improved visibility of the 'Advanced Ignore Settings' button
- Improved support for scanning email via Apple Mail *
- Included command line interface to update malware database†
- Improved the ability to delete hard-to-remove malware
- Prevent continuous alert sounds during database update if app his hidden or minimized to Dock
- Fixed issue where ClamXAV might crash when a disk is connected
- Fixed issue where Sentry doesn't disable properly
- Fixed an intermittent issue where the Source List wouldn't populate
- Fixed an intermittent issue downloading malware database updates
- * Create a mail rule in Apple Mail to trigger on 'Every Message'. Perform a 'Run Applescript' action and specify 'Scan with ClamXAV'.
- - Infected items will be coloured with a blue background and moved to Junk.
- † Installed at /usr/local/ClamXAV3/bin/XAV
- ClamXAV v3.0.9 - 30th December 2018
- Fix for issue with scheduled scans
- ClamXAV v3.0.8 - 19th December 2018
- Improvements in malware database updates
- Performance enhancements
- No longer automatically scans connected hard disks at startup
- Fixes for German localisation issues
- Fix for intermittent issue which left source list empty
- Fix for high cpu usage under certain conditions
- ClamXAV v3.0.7 - 26th September 2018
- Performance improvements
- ClamXAV v3.0.6 - 24th September 2018
- Support for macOS 10.14 Mojave and Dark Mode
- Added Brazilian Portugese localisation
- Improved Sentry handling of external volumes
- Improved drag and drop support for excluding files and folders
- ClamXAV will now wait for an internet connection before attempting to update its malware database
- Fixed hang which could occur at launch if one of the database files was missing
- Fixed erroneous reports of Malware database update failed (32767) in the Reports window
- ClamXAV v3.0.5 - 5th September 2018
- Speed and stability improvements
- Improvements to engine installation & repair
- Fixed issue of constantly repairing the scanning engine
- Fixed issue with ClamXAV Menu Item crashing upon first installation
- Improved handling of network volumes
- Sentry now properly recognises and completely ignores Time Machine backup disks
- Resolved issue where database update stayed at 0% despite the update actually taking place in the background
- The Reports Window no longer allows you to select 'Reveal in Finder' for a file that's been deleted
- Improved wording for incomplete scans in the Reports Window
- ClamXAV v3.0.4 - 21st August 2018
- Stability improvements
- Reduced CPU usage during scan
- Fix for Sentry not honouring the 'scan inserted volumes' setting
- Improved handling of Time Machine and Time Capsule disks
- Improved handling of app updates via the ClamXAV Menu Item
- Fixed issue where scan settings may not be saved when changing selected source list item
- Fixed issue that caused Little Snitch to block ClamXAV's internet access
- ClamXAV v3.0.3 - 16th August 2018
- Improved wording of Sentry options in the Settings Area
- Fixed issues regarding downloading malware database
- Fixed inability to disable Sentry background monitor
- Fixed crash related to handling of exclusion settings
- ClamXAV v3.0.2 - 15th August 2018
- Fix for issues downloading malware database
- ClamXAV v3.0.1 - 15th August 2018
- Fix for German localisation
- Fixed ClamXAV 2 registration key recognition for commercial licences
- ClamXAV v3.0 – 15th August 2018
- Everything is new. Every single bit.
- There’s far too much to list everything here, but here are some headline updates:
- The biggest update since 2009!
- Totally rebuilt from the ground up
Completely new user interface but it should still feel familiar - Vastly improved, fully-integrated, log viewer
Reduced CPU usage of main app
You can run multiple scans at one time
Complete integration of all component parts (Main app, Sentry, Scheduling, Reports)
Smart source list which automatically displays all available volumes.
You can now have per-source-item scan settings
…along with different exclude settings per scan item
You can enable/disable quarantine per scan item
… and even enable/disable quarantine during a scan
We’ve added copy & paste support for “exclude file settings” (between source list items as well as copying files from Finder)
If you quit ClamXAV, the scan will continue
All-new ClamXAV menu item which shows progress of all current scans and database updates - There’s so much more, but I think you get the gist. It’s all new!
Installing
This macOS clamAV repo is now part of MacPorts. The details below this notice are deprecated. To install: sudo port install clamav-server sudo port load clamav-server macOS-clamAV. A simple macOS clamAV configuration with scheduled volume scans and on-access scans of user Downloads and Desktop directories. Niresh Catalina is the easiest 'all-in-one' distro for getting yourhacktosh running as fast and painless as possible.Like, subscribe, and ring the notificati.
ClamAV can be found for Ubuntu in the apt repository. Run this command to install ClamAV:
apt-get install clamav
If you need clamd, you may also want to run:
apt-get install clamav-daemon
If you require support for scanning compressed RAR files you first need to enable the non-free archive, and then you can install the RAR-plugin using:
Clamav Mac Catalina Island
apt-get install libclamunrar6
There are two classes of clamav packages available for Ubuntu users:
Released Set
The released set (release, *-updates, and *-security) are patched for security updates. Following extensive testing of clamav and the packages that use it in the backports repository, they may be updated to a newer version. These are official Ubuntu packages and supported by community developers.
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Backports
The Ubuntu backports repository will contain the newest clamav version that has been at least lightly tested to work with that version. These packages can be installed by enabling the backports repository on your system.
Ubuntu packages are maintained by Ubuntu MOTU Developers.
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