CTW: ClamAV

This package installs the complete Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV®) 0.95.3 toolkit on OSX Tiger (10.4), Leopard (10.5) and Snow Leopard (10.6). ClamAV is configured for and can be installed on both OSX and OSX Server platforms. Its built-in support for bzip2 patches the vulnerability, CERT-FI 20469, present in the OSX distributions prior to 10.5.8.

Further, it installs socat, version 2.0, and netcat, version 0.71, to provide increased scriping capabilities to control the ClamAV daemon. Scripts and plists providing full integration with OSX are also installed. This enables log rolling and log integration with OSX and OSX Server as well as auto startup and operation.

During installation the installer automatically configures ClamAV configuration files on a fresh install or utilizes the existing configuration on upgrade. The ClamAV toolkit is installed in its default location, /usr/local/. On OSX Server it is installed in parallel with Apple's stock install.

Main Features

command-line scanner
fast, multi-threaded daemon with support for on-access scanning
milter interface for sendmail
advanced database updater with support for scripted updates and digital signatures
virus database updated multiple times per day
built-in support for various archive formats, including Zip, RAR, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2, OLE2, Cabinet, CHM, BinHex, SIS and others
built-in support for almost all mail file formats
built-in support for ELF executables and Portable Executable files compressed with UPX, FSG, Petite, NsPack, wwpack32, MEW, Upack and obfuscated with SUE, Y0da Cryptor and others
built-in support for popular document formats including MS Office and MacOffice files, HTML, RTF and PDF

Added Features

Log integration with OSX's logging system
Automatic log rolling
Automatic clamd and freshclam configuration setup
Automatic database update every 2 hours via freshclam
Integrated launchd support
Targeted binary installs to decrease footprint
bzip update
socat install
netcat install option
Uninstall option

CTW: ClamAV Package Download

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Note: This installer is only for OSX Tiger/OSX Tiger Server (10.4) and above.
Download ClamAV for 10.4 and above go direct to download

CTW: ClamAV Version History

05 APR 2009 - Release of ClamAV 0.95 for OSX 10.5
10 APR 2009 - Release of ClamAV 0.95.1 for OSX 10.5
15 JUN 2009 - Release of ClamAV 0.95.2 for OSX 10.5
04 JUL 2009 - Update of 15 JUN 2009 Release
- Installer script bug fix
- Added uninstall option
10 JUL 2009 - Update of 15 JUN 2009 Release
- Fixed script typos
- Patched OSX CVE-2008-1372 vulnerability
- Added bzip2 option
14 AUG 2009 - Update of 15 JUN 2009 Release
- Updated for 10.5.8
06 NOV 2009 - Release of ClamAV 0.95.3 for OSX 10.5/10.6
24 JAN 2010 - Separated binaries for intel and ppc to make in installed footprint smaller.
07 MAR 2010 - Added support for OSX Server and OSX 10.4.
25 MAY 2010 - Release of ClamAV 0.96.1 for OSX 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6

Support

Anti-virus test file, eicar.com, is available here for testing purposes.

If you need to look at launchd, periodic or other support scripts/config files or just obtain a script to create an assp user: ctw_resources.zip

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Acknowlegements

OSX Installer and associated scripts and support files brought to you by OITC
ClamAV brought to you by the ClamAV Open Source Development Community and SOURCEfire