#Clamxav 2 review manuals
#Clamxav 2 review install

Also, Sophos, with 20 years experience in the enterprise/commercial space seems to be a reputable company with international resources, so I will happily continue to use Sophos AV Free, again, JUST MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE!!.

As a former PC user, I am used to this type of free AV software (Avast Free), continually running in the BG, just makes me feel safer, keeps me 'in front of the curve' when, eventually, some forms of Malware will try to infiltrate Macs. I am happy that Sophos includes us Tiger PPC types, not many even paid AV software do. The only support for Sophos Mac Free is their website forum, which is always active with much discussion. Sophos also has right click functionally for scanning a particular file/folder. Putting your mouse cursor over the icon explains what is going on. The Sophos icon in the menu bar is black when the on-access scanning is fully functional, the icon becomes animated when Sophos is accessing its server to update the virus definitions (once per hour default). You can also configure selective scans if you want to continually monitor specific files/folders. for 181,000 files/folders, a small inconvenience, once, to assure that my drive is clean (will probably not have to scan again with on-access running continuously). It is, however, highly configurable in the 5 Preference tabs, but they are extra careful requiring the user to unlock the lock in the bottom left corner before you can make any changes. The manual suggests running Sophos in the default mode.

The software is free, however, which is a significant advantage for customers seeking a good solution at no cost. It is not equipped with the menus of features that larger, more well-known companies offer. to boot up + some slowdown when Sophos automatically updates the virus definitions (not even a listing in Sys Prefs, Accounts, Startup items). ClamXav is not one of more recognized names in the arena of anti-virus/anti-malware software, and for good reason. Sophos seems to work with very little system slowdown, except my iMacG4/800 takes an extra 30 sec. Then the 'on-access' scanning kicks in with continual protection.

#Clamxav 2 review install

The install was easy, then Sophos asks to scan my complete drive (no infected files) as well as get from their server the entire virus database with more than 2 million viruses, trojans, worms.

#Clamxav 2 review manuals

There are 2 pdf manuals on the Sophos website (the install manual + the user manual) you can get which explains all aspects of the software, made the whole process easier for me. As a fairly new Mac user, not much of a techie, not of the computer generation, this is my personal Sophos experience after a week of usage.