Derick Centeno wrote: > > Hi Jim: > > For OS X the clamav engine works with the interface provided by > clamXav. You can take a look at that page here: > http://www.clamxav.com/ > > Whenever I'm in OS X, I never fail to be amazed at all the windows > virii, trojans and God knows what attempting to enter via email which > clamxav consistently stops and warns me of. As I can set clamxav to > scan particular folders such as files appearing on my desktop (whether they be > a new flash drive or downloaded file, I don't have to worry if I missed > something because the email clients I use aren't running at the moment. >
Before the widespread use of Fusion and Parallels in the Mac this wasn't too much of a problem. Virtual machines have now made it more important to keep the OS X file system clean, now. It's just a matter of time before someone writes a virus that allows a Windows virtual machine to screw with the Mac host. dp _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
