Reverted a change from 3.5.1 which resulted in additional Full Disk Access prompts for part of ClamXAV's scanning engine.
ClamXAV v3.5.1 - 8th November 2022
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See also the following updates from ClamXAV v3.5 released on 27th September 2022 and subsequently withdrawn.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
ClamXAV v3.4 - 22nd April 2022
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]
ClamXAV v3.3.1 - 20th December 2021
Improved stability, particularly on M1 Macs
Improved scanning speed and accuracy
ClamXAV v3.3 - 20th September 2021
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
ClamXAV v3.2 - 1st March 2021
Now runs fully natively on M1 Macs
New Big Sur-style app icon for ClamXAV
Considerably reduced CPU usage
Minor visual tweak for macOS 11 Big Sur
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
ClamXAV v3.1.2 - 11th November 2020
Reduced 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?)
ClamXAV v3.1.1 - 7th October 2020
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.
ClamXAV v3.1 - 11th August 2020
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!
Fixed inability to disable Sentry background monitor
Fixed crash related to handling of exclusion settings
ClamXAV v3.0.2 - 15th August 2018
Fix for issues downloading malware database
ClamXAV v3.0.1 - 15th August 2018
Fix for German localisation
Fixed ClamXAV 2 registration key recognition for commercial licences
ClamXAV v3.0 – 15th August 2018
Everything is new. Every single bit.
There’s far too much to list everything here, but here are some headline updates:
The biggest update since 2009!
Totally rebuilt from the ground up
Completely new user interface but it should still feel familiar
Vastly improved, fully-integrated, log viewer
Reduced CPU usage of main app
You can run multiple scans at one time
Complete integration of all component parts (Main app, Sentry, Scheduling, Reports)
Smart source list which automatically displays all available volumes.
You can now have per-source-item scan settings
…along with different exclude settings per scan item
You can enable/disable quarantine per scan item
… and even enable/disable quarantine during a scan
We’ve added copy & paste support for “exclude file settings” (between source list items as well as copying files from Finder)
If you quit ClamXAV, the scan will continue
All-new ClamXAV menu item which shows progress of all current scans and database updates
There’s so much more, but I think you get the gist. It’s all new!