Enligt den ClamXav hemsidan -
I dag är numrera av virus som aktivt anfaller användare för OS X,… INGEN! Emellertid betyder detta inte att vi bör få självbelåtna om att kontrollera inkoms e-posttillbehör eller rengöringsduknedladdningar, for två resonerar. Firstly finns det någon garanti som vi ska Macanvändare fortsätter för att tycka om status quo, men huvudsakligen, bearbetar med maskin majoriteten av det beräknande världsbruket rinnande MS Windows, som ett jättelikt antal av virus finns för, så vi måste vara vaksamma, i att kontrollera, sparar oss passerar på till våra vänner och kollegor.
Så - du även behov anti-virus programvara på din Mac? Det är upp till dig som ska avgöras. Om du avgör att du önskar anti-virus programvara på din Mac, vägleder denna ska tutorial dig till och med installation och att använda av ClamXav - en fri (och vanligt uppdaterat) virusbildläsare för OS X.
- Starta ut by nedladda ClamXav. En gång har nedladdningen avslutat, öppnar DMGEN sparar och släpar ClamXav till ditt Applikationer mapp.
- ClamXav isn’t very large, so it won’t take long to copy/install.
- Öppna upp en anföra som exempel av upphittaren. Välj din kända användare från det lämnade navigeringfönstret och gå till Arkiv -> Kontextuella menyobjekt. Baksida i det öppnade DMG-fönstret, friktion ScanWithClamXav.plugin till Kontextuella menyobjekt mapp. Underteckna ut ur din Mac (eller omstart, men att underteckna ut och, i ska, gör tillbaka trick). Att underteckna ut och, i igen ska, aktiverar tillbaka ”bildläsningen med plugin ClamXav”.
- Nu barkass ClamXav från din applikationmapp. Du ska meddelas för att installera MusslaAnti-Virus motor. Klicka Installera knäppas.
- På Inledning avskärma, klicka Fortsätta.
- Granska Programvarulicensöverenskommelse klicka, och ytterligare en gång Fortsätta.
- Klicka Instämma att acceptera det, igen.
- Klicka nu Installera.
- Skriv in ditt lösenord, när du meddelas och klicka REKO.
- Och nu ska installationen för scanning den motor.
- Klicka Nära en gång har det processaa avslutat.
- Nu barkass ClamXav från dina applikationer, igen. Klicka, för du startar bildläsningen, Uppdateringvirusdefinitioner knäppas.
- När avslutad, bör du se a Virusdefinitioner uppdaterade lyckat statusmeddelande.
- Klicka nu Preferenser knäppas.
- På Allmänt fliken gör valen som är anslår för dig. I opted to quarantine infected files rather than outright delete them, in case of any false positives (ClamXav flagging a file as being infected with a virus, when it in fact isn’t).
- Depending on which settings you opt for, you may receive a message telling you not to turn on certain features if you plan on having your email scanned or watched. This wasn’t an issue for me as I use Gmail (via the web) but it is something to consider if you use Mail or Entourage for email.
- Select the Internet tab, and again, make any changes you see fit. I opted to have ClamXav check for all possible updates each time it starts.
- Select the Schedule tab, and if you’d like to schedule virus scans, this is the place to create them.
- Select the Folder Sentry tab. From here you can add folders to be constantly monitored for viruses (eg. your Downloads folder). Review the other options and make any changes you see fit. Click OK when you’re done.
- Back in the main ClamXav window, click the Choose what to scan… button.
- If you attempt to select your entire startup disk (as indicated in the screenshot below)…
- you’ll get an error.
- So instead, just select all of the folders (hold down the Apple Key to select multiple items) on the drive you want to scan. Then click Open.
- Finally, click the Start Scan button.
- ClamXav will do a “quick” (it’s not that fast) scan of your drive to determine how many files it’s going to check.
- And then they actual scan will begin.
- At this point, you might as well settle in for the long haul. Depending on the size of your hard drive, the number of files on it, and the speed of your Mac, the process can take quite a long time. As indicated in the screenshot below, it took ClamXav 172 min and 31 seconds to complete on my MacBook Pro (an older one). With all of that said, I was able to work on my Mac the entire time without much of a noticeable slowdown. However, I kept my tasks to the relatively ’safe’ - the last thing I wanted was a crash in the middle of the scan, forcing me to start over again. Running the scan overnight while you’re sleeping is probably a good idea.
- And that’s it. Now you may want to scan your Mac for spyware, malware and tracking cookies.
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I often recommend people get ClamXav on their Macs to scan questionable files (even if they won’t infect themselves they may pass it on). I also have it installed as a ’safe’ place to scan those questionable files before moving them to my VirtualPC or onto other Windows computers at home or work.
Thanks for posting the tutorial - so many Mac fans use the “no virus” argument that they won’t do an article about antivirus software.
Hi! Thanks for creating this tutorial - it’s great! and I also used your MacScan tutorial and am waiting for the scan to finish.
One question: My Mac doesn’t seem to have a “contextual menu items” folder (for the plugin) - I looked in Kris/Library/ and there’s no contextual menu items folder there. I also did a Spotlight search.
Should I create this folder?
Thanks!
Hi, I’m trying to download ClamXav on the link provided above http://www.clamxav.com/index.php?page=dl#TigerLeopard
but receive an error msg said “The page you asked for does not exist on our server”. What have I done wrong here? I’m trying to download ClamXav for Leopard.
Thanks for your help.
Bullie -
I just clicked that same link you pasted in to the comment and it works perfectly for me (??). Try just going to http://www.clamxav.com/ and navigate to the downloads page, then find the version for Leopard.
Cheers,
Ross
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