ClamXav is a free and very simple to use virus scanner for Mac OS X. ClamXav uses the highly popular ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a back end and has the ability to detect both Mac and Windows threats.

ClamXav can be setup up as passive or active: scan only the files you tell it to or choose to activate Sentry to monitor your hard drive and scan new files as they arrive.

ClamXav is available in English, Danish, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.

Here are some key features of "ClamXav":

· Clean, simple-to-use interface
· Clearly lists infected files
· Free virus definitions (usually updated daily)
· Save your favourite scan locations for easy access
· Customise the toolbar- or hide it entirely
· Send selected files to quarantine or trash with one click
· Specify files to exclude using plain text* or by using drag & drop from the Finder
· Specify schedules to update virus definitions and perform scans
· Use ClamXav Sentry to monitor your hard drive and scan new files as they arrive
· Use the bundled ClamAV engine or bring your own installation
· Compatible with 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 Snow Leopard

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Updated ClamAV engine to 0.97.2
· Fixed an issue with virus definition files having wrong permissions after a defs update
· Fixed window placement bug on 10.7 Lion
· Fixed Spanish translation error in the scheduling preference pane
· Updated engine remover for LaunchAgents
· Added Danish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish to AppStore version
· If you have edited freshclam.conf and clamd.conf by hand, you can find your old files inside /tmp.
· If you don't know what that last line means, you can probably ignore it!