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Apple still has not yet even bothered to update MRT to remove most of these. 3rd party antivirus apps are not necessary to keep a Mac malware-free, as long as a user practices safe computing, as described in the following link.
#CLAMXAV MALWARE MAC OS X#
What we are seeing this year are some threats designed to completely bypass Gatekeeper and XProtect by various means which result in the user never being warned of the arrival of unsigned or malicious apps and no way for Apple to prevent them from being launched. Since ClamXav 2 is only an antivirus engine, it would need to have a very good malware-detection rate to compete with more fully featured programs that also include things like a Web-link scanner. The only malware in the wild that can affect Mac OS X is a handful of trojans, which can be easily avoided by practicing safe computing (see below). All were signed with a valid Apple DeveloperID to easily get past Gatekeeper, but ultimately ended their attack once Apple became aware and revoked them.
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The first three are known as CreativeUpdater and deliver a CryptoMiner that monopolizes the users CPU and Internet. It was recommended at one time because the amount of OS X based malware was nil.
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Certainly can't argue with that, but there really are a lot of them.īut a couple of the most serious threats in the recent past came by way of substituting corrupted versions of popular software (Firefox, Deeper, OnyX & Transmission) on the developer's actual website. The detection rates for ClamXav isnt as good as the commercial versions.