This is a free update for all ClamXAV 3 customers.
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- ClamXAV v3.6.3 - 30th April 2024
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- Improved support for remote installation and update commands sent via the Xenia Management Console
- Performance improvements and minor bug fixes
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- ClamXAV v3.6.2 - 18th January 2024
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- Improved messaging when activating a previously deactivated computer
- Security update details:
- Description: A local privilege escalation vulnerability was corrected with improved client validation
Affected components: Privileged Helper Tool
Affected versions: ClamXAV 3.1.2 - 3.6.1
Impact: A local attacker can execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
Thanks to Patrick Hart (@portugalthe_) for reporting this to us.
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- ClamXAV v3.6.1 - 21st September 2023
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- Support for macOS 14 Sonoma
- Fix for scans hanging on certain disk image types
- Fix an issue where settings delivered from the Xenia Management Console may cause ClamXAV to crash under certain circumstances
- Security update for the bundled scanning engine
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- ClamXAV v3.6 - 29th August 2023
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- Improved handling of file exclusion settings
- Improved stability
- Improvements in licence management
- Improvements for remote management
- Added ability to submit diagnostics from Xenia enterprise management console
- Added ability to download new set of Override Settings from Xenia management console
- Added ability to update the app from the command line
- Added ability to submit diagnostics from the command line
- /Applications/ClamXAV.app/Contents/MacOS/XAV --submit-diagnostics ####
- where #### is your ticket number from our helpdesk.
- Fixed a bug which caused nothing to appear in the reports window
- Fixed a bug with licence/subscription handling
- Fixed a bug with DB update scheduling
- Fixed issue with "Mark Allan" showing up in System Settings
- an issue with macOS means this is only resolved for new installations.
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- ClamXAV v3.5.5 - 21st February 2023
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- Security update for the bundled ClamAV scanning engine
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- ClamXAV v3.5.4 - 6th February 2023
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- Fully fixed naming of Login Items on macOS 13 Ventura
- Fixed a few minor issues with the uninstaller
- Fixed the issue with Full Disk Access prompts
- Special thanks to Mike Bombich of Bombich Software for his assistance.
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- ClamXAV v3.5.3 - 17th January 2023
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- Improved recognition of Full Disk Access permissions - particularly on MDM managed Macs
- XAV command line tool has moved inside the main app bundle now
- /Applications/ClamXAV.app/Contents/MacOS/XAV
- Improved naming of Login Items on macOS 13 Ventura
- This may require using the full installer
- Added ability to scan arbitrary files from the XAV command line (beta test, please give feedback)
- /Applications/ClamXAV.app/Contents/MacOS/XAV --scan /paths/to/scan
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- ClamXAV v3.5.2 - 10th November 2022
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- Reverted a change from 3.5.1 which required Full Disk Access for part of ClamXAV's scanning engine
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- ClamXAV v3.5.1 - 8th November 2022
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- Improved support for macOS 13 Ventura
- Improved handling of Full Disk Access checks and messaging
- Fix for 'No customer ID' error from XAV command line tool
- Fix for engine installer not working on Mac OS X 10.13 (High Sierra)
- See also the following updates from ClamXAV v3.5 released on 27th September 2022 and subsequently withdrawn.
- Long-term workaround for Apple's kernel panic issue
- Visual improvements to the ClamXAV app icon
- Fix typo in Czech translation
- Improve detection capabilities
- Improve stability
- Fixed two minor vulnerabilities on website - thanks to report by Gaurang Maheta
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- ClamXAV v3.4 - 22nd April 2022
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- Further stability on Apple Silicon Macs
- Improved security of in-app update process
- Added ability to email a designated contact upon malware detection
- We're rolling this out to business customers first. Support for Home users coming soon.
- Added pruning of reports database to XAV command-line tool.
- /usr/local/ClamXAV3/bin/XAV --prune-logs NNN
- where NNN is the number of days to keep [default is 120]
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- ClamXAV v3.3.1 - 20th December 2021
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- Improved stability, particularly on M1 Macs
- Improved scanning speed and accuracy
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- ClamXAV v3.3 - 20th September 2021
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- Fixed the "About" box crash
- Support for offline database updates (business licence only)
- Improved stability under scheduling
- Improved handling of false positives
- Expanded coverage for Sentry
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- ClamXAV v3.2 - 1st March 2021
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- Now runs fully natively on M1 Macs
- Considerably reduced CPU usage
- Minor visual tweak for macOS 11 Big Sur
- New Big Sur-style app icon for ClamXAV
- Fixed intermittent issue with the reports window flashing
- Removed minimise button on Preferences window for compliance with Apple's HIG
- Added French localisation for "Scan with ClamXAV" item in the Services menu
- Miscellaneous fixes and improvements
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- ClamXAV v3.1.2 - 11th November 2020
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- Improvements in CPU usage
- Fix for issues with an empty sidebar and crashing database updates
- Fixed issue preventing external drives/volumes being ejected during a scan
- Sentry will no longer automatically scan Audio CDs (remember them?)
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- ClamXAV v3.1.1 - 7th October 2020
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- Improvements in CPU usage
- Improvements in Time Machine volume recognition
- Improvements in handling false positives
- Fix for Full Disk Access menu item showing up (disabled) on macOS before 10.14
- Fixed typos in French
- Security update details:
- Affected parts: Privileged Helper Tool and Privileged Helper Tool Updater
Available for: macOS 10.10 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
Description: A local privilege escalation issue was resolved with improved client verification in the privileged helper tools.
Thanks to Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security for reporting this to us.
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- ClamXAV v3.1.1 - 7th October 2020
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- Improvements in CPU usage
- Improvements in Time Machine volume recognition
- Improvements in handling false positives
- Fix for Full Disk Access menu item showing up (disabled) on macOS before 10.14
- Fixed typos in French
- Security update details:
- Affected parts: Privileged Helper Tool and Privileged Helper Tool Updater
Available for: macOS 10.10 and later
Impact: A malicious application may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
Description: A local privilege escalation issue was resolved with improved client verification in the privileged helper tools.
Thanks to Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit) of Offensive Security for reporting this to us.
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- ClamXAV v3.1 - 11th August 2020
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- Added support for macOS 11 (Big Sur)
- Additional log file processing for business customers
- Improved QuickScan speed
- Updated French localisation
- Updated Portugese translation
- Fixed typo in German localisation
- Improvements in multi-user setups
- Improvements to handling of virtual machine images
- References to "Internet" are now "internet", inline with current practice and style guidelines.
- References to "expiry date" are now "renewal date"
- Fixed intermittent issue where main window may open far too small
- Fixed issue where clean files may show in the infection list with "(null)" as the infection name.
- Fixed intermittent issue where Quick Scan would appear like it's constantly in progress.
- Fixed an intermittent issue that caused it to look like ClamXAV had hung at the end of a QuickScan
- Fixed intermittent issue with open panel not showing
- Fixed an issue preventing an item showing up as deleted
- Fixed issue with "Last Scanned Date" on macOS 10.15
- An item's "Last Scanned Date" now shows relative dates
- ClamXAV will now report meta-data on malware detections. Note that we're tracking malware, not you!
- See our Privacy Policy for more details.
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- ClamXAV v3.0.15 - 18th December 2019
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- Improved scan times on macOS 10.15 Catalina
- Improved reliability of Full Disk Access check
- Improved removal of configuration profiles
- Fixed intermittent issue where Sentry wouldn't honour exclude/ignore settings
- Fixed intermittent issue where Sentry would attempt to scan external/network disks incorrectly.
- Improved efficiency
- Reverts a previous change by excluding the community malware database by default.
This may be re-enable via Advanced Preferences
- Fixed typo in French localisation
- Resolved issue with networked volumes unexpectedly being scanned on macOS 10.15 Catalina
- Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvments
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- ClamXAV v3.0.14 - 10th October 2019
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- Qualified for use on macOS 10.15 Catalina
- Improvements in Full Disk Access
- Improvements to speed of malware database download and verification
- ClamXAV Menu item now updates properly when subscription is renewed
- Improved efficiency for removing some particularly stubborn malware
- Resolved various issues with mail scanning script
- Fixed issue where the email scanning script wasn't being updated with a newly available version
- Resolved an issue with scheduling
- Fix for Time Machine volume still getting scanned despite being excluded
- Fix for excessive CPU usage caused by already-heavy load on the computer
- Resolved issues with preferences override for enterprise customers
- Resolved an issue with mounting remote volumes during a Quick Scan
- ClamXAV Menu Item no longer jumps up and down during scanning/updating
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- ClamXAV v3.0.12 - 15th July 2019
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- Added the ability to deactivate your Mac so you can move your licence to another Mac
- Added ability (via expert global pref SentryQuarantineDisabled ) to turn off Sentry auto-quarantining
- Added log rotation for ClamXAV-helper.log file
- Improved installation of the email scanning script
- Resolved various issues with the email scanning script
- Improved handling of corrupt files
- Improved reliability of built-in uninstaller
- Removed some more unnecessary log output
- Updated non-English translations
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- ClamXAV v3.0.11 - 13th May 2019
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- Improved support for home folders which have been moved onto different volumes
- Improvements to malware database download process
- Improved handling of situation when Apple Mail failed to download an email's attachments
- Improvements in subscription handling
- Fixed issue which could cause ClamXAV to be unresponsive with an empty Source List
- Fixed issue which prevented ClamXAV checking its own app updates properly
- Removed some unnecessary log output
- Updated date in the copyright strings
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- ClamXAV v3.0.10 - 29th April 2019
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- ClamXAV is now notarized via the Apple Notarization Service
- Improved visibility of the "Advanced Ignore Settings" button
- Improved support for scanning email via Apple Mail *
- Included command line interface to update malware database†
- Improved the ability to delete hard-to-remove malware
- Prevent continuous alert sounds during database update if app his hidden or minimized to Dock
- Fixed issue where ClamXAV might crash when a disk is connected
- Fixed issue where Sentry doesn't disable properly
- Fixed an intermittent issue where the Source List wouldn't populate
- Fixed an intermittent issue downloading malware database updates
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- * Create a mail rule in Apple Mail to trigger on "Every Message". Perform a "Run Applescript" action and specify "Scan with ClamXAV".
- - Infected items will be coloured with a blue background and moved to Junk.
- † Installed at /usr/local/ClamXAV3/bin/XAV
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- ClamXAV v3.0.9 - 30th December 2018
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- Fix for issue with scheduled scans
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- ClamXAV v3.0.8 - 19th December 2018
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- Improvements in malware database updates
- Performance enhancements
- No longer automatically scans connected hard disks at startup
- Fixes for German localisation issues
- Fix for intermittent issue which left source list empty
- Fix for high cpu usage under certain conditions
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- ClamXAV v3.0.7 - 26th September 2018
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- Performance improvements
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- ClamXAV v3.0.6 - 24th September 2018
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- Support for macOS 10.14 Mojave and Dark Mode
- Added Brazilian Portugese localisation
- Improved Sentry handling of external volumes
- Improved drag and drop support for excluding files and folders
- ClamXAV will now wait for an internet connection before attempting to update its malware database
- Fixed hang which could occur at launch if one of the database files was missing
- Fixed erroneous reports of Malware database update failed (32767) in the Reports window
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- ClamXAV v3.0.5 - 5th September 2018
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- Speed and stability improvements
- Improvements to engine installation & repair
- Fixed issue of constantly repairing the scanning engine
- Fixed issue with ClamXAV Menu Item crashing upon first installation
- Improved handling of network volumes
- Sentry now properly recognises and completely ignores Time Machine backup disks
- Resolved issue where database update stayed at 0% despite the update actually taking place in the background
- The Reports Window no longer allows you to select "Reveal in Finder" for a file that's been deleted
- Improved wording for incomplete scans in the Reports Window
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- ClamXAV v3.0.4 - 21st August 2018
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- Stability improvements
- Reduced CPU usage during scan
- Fix for Sentry not honouring the "scan inserted volumes" setting
- Improved handling of Time Machine and Time Capsule disks
- Improved handling of app updates via the ClamXAV Menu Item
- Fixed issue where scan settings may not be saved when changing selected source list item
- Fixed issue that caused Little Snitch to block ClamXAV's internet access
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- ClamXAV v3.0.3 - 16th August 2018
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- Improved wording of Sentry options in the Settings Area
- Fixed issues regarding downloading malware database
- Fixed inability to disable Sentry background monitor
- Fixed crash related to handling of exclusion settings
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- ClamXAV v3.0.2 - 15th August 2018
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- Fix for issues downloading malware database
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- ClamXAV v3.0.1 - 15th August 2018
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- Fix for German localisation
- Fixed ClamXAV 2 registration key recognition for commercial licences