The easiest way to get the ClamAV package is using Homebrew
On Mac OS X 10.6.8 I just installed Homebrew. It broke ClamXav. So I uninstalled it, and installed Homebrew's clamav. At the end of the installation process I received this: / Warning: /usr/local/. ClamXav, the free virus checker for Mac OS X, has been updated to version 2.0.2 beta and is available for download today.ClamXav uses the ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a backend and is.
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Before trying to start the clamd daemon, you'll need a copy of the ClamAV databases.
Inside /your/location/to/brew/etc/clamav, you'll see 2 files:
- freshclam.conf.sample
- clamd.conf.sample
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Create copies of the samples:
Open up freshclam.conf, comment out 'Example' from line 8, and make sure
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is enabled. Save your changes.
Then run
to download the ClamAV databases. The output will look something like this:
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Open up clamd.conf, and
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- Comment: 'Example' from line 8
- Uncomment: LocalSocket /tmp/clamd.socket from line 85
- Save your changes
Next, let's look for the location of clamd by running:$ brew ls clamav
You should see the following:
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To start the clamd daemon, run the following:
You should now be able to scan a file by doing: