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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1819579" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>The last comparison test of AV products that seems to be from a non-biased source is from four years ago:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.thesafemac.com/mac-anti-virus-testing-2014/#more-1308" target="_blank">The Safe Mac</a></p><p> <a href="http://www.thesafemac.com/mac-anti-virus-testing-2014/#more-1308" target="_blank">>> Mac anti-virus testing 2014</a></p><p></p><p>Scroll down to the table with the results. ClamXav did rather poorly. There is no way to know if the product is better now. There are no longer any unbiased sources for comparison tests (you'll find comparison sites on the Web, but they are all clearly shill sites).</p><p></p><p>ClamXav used to be a popular recommendation, mostly because it was free and it wasn't fully interactive so it didn't cause the slowdown and stability problems of some other AV software. All that has changed recently. So there are a lot of questions concerning how good a product ClamXav is, and whether it is worth the subscription fee that they now ask for.</p><p></p><p>If you look for the winner of the comparison test cited above, you will see Intego's Virus Barrier. Intego offers a free version of that product, lacking only the commercial version's fully interactive capabilities. (And that may be a good thing, rather than a serious omission. As I said, fully interactive AV products tend to be problematic.) It seems to me that it is a no-brainer.</p><p></p><p>VirusBarrier Free Edition (free)</p><p><a href="https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/intego-launches-virusbarrier-scanner-free-mac-antivirus/" target="_blank">Intego Launches VirusBarrier Scanner — Free Mac Antivirus | The Mac Security Blog</a></p><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/VirusBarrier-Scanner/id1200445649" target="_blank">Intego VirusBarrier Scanner on the Mac App Store</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1819579, member: 190607"] The last comparison test of AV products that seems to be from a non-biased source is from four years ago: [url=http://www.thesafemac.com/mac-anti-virus-testing-2014/#more-1308]The Safe Mac >> Mac anti-virus testing 2014[/url] Scroll down to the table with the results. ClamXav did rather poorly. There is no way to know if the product is better now. There are no longer any unbiased sources for comparison tests (you'll find comparison sites on the Web, but they are all clearly shill sites). ClamXav used to be a popular recommendation, mostly because it was free and it wasn't fully interactive so it didn't cause the slowdown and stability problems of some other AV software. All that has changed recently. So there are a lot of questions concerning how good a product ClamXav is, and whether it is worth the subscription fee that they now ask for. If you look for the winner of the comparison test cited above, you will see Intego's Virus Barrier. Intego offers a free version of that product, lacking only the commercial version's fully interactive capabilities. (And that may be a good thing, rather than a serious omission. As I said, fully interactive AV products tend to be problematic.) It seems to me that it is a no-brainer. VirusBarrier Free Edition (free) [url=https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/intego-launches-virusbarrier-scanner-free-mac-antivirus/]Intego Launches VirusBarrier Scanner — Free Mac Antivirus | The Mac Security Blog[/url] [url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/VirusBarrier-Scanner/id1200445649]Intego VirusBarrier Scanner on the Mac App Store[/url] [/QUOTE]
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