Clamxav

[Anna Leif]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone uses Clamxav?

I already have MalwareBytes installed (which is excellent) but am interested in supplementing it with the sentry feature of Clamxav and using it as an occasional alternative scanner.

Thank you

Anna

 

[Bending Pixels]

Do you visit naughty sites or the dark web? If not, then there shouldn't be a reason to use an AV on a Mac.

 

[capandjudy]

I do have Clamxav with Sentry. Sentry by default monitors only the user account which is okay but I agree with the above in that it is really not necessarily. I have not noticed a performance hit but the more that you want Sentry to watch then the more your computer might be slowed. AV software that I tried on my 2012 MBP really did drag the performance. I think that a scan only AV program is all you might want and only in the sense that it might make you feel better.

 

[Anna Leif]

Do you visit naughty sites or the dark web? If not, then there shouldn't be a reason to use an AV on a Mac.

Hello Bending Pixels,

The question of AV (I prefer the term Anti-malware rather than 'Virus' in relation to Mac) or not is moot in regards to the question, though your reply did make me smile 🙂

Anna
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I do have Clamxav with Sentry. Sentry by default monitors only the user account which is okay but I agree with the above in that it is really not necessarily. I have not noticed a performance hit but the more that you want Sentry to watch then the more your computer might be slowed. AV software that I tried on my 2012 MBP really did drag the performance. I think that a scan only AV program is all you might want and only in the sense that it might make you feel better.

Hello capandjudy,

Thank you for the information, especially re: 'performance hit'.

Much appreciated

Anna

 

[TonyK]

Malware and viruses are two different entities. ClamXav will help protect against viruses and yes, I run it against my download and mail folders.

Malware is a matter of being smart and paranoid. MalwareBytes is considered the best MW solution so far that I've read about or experienced.