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On 19/02/2026 15:48, Paul wrote:
> On Thu, 2/19/2026 7:28 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>> On 2/17/2026 11:17 PM, David B. wrote:
>>> On 17/02/2026 12:08, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So ClamAV has got a GUI for MacOS called ClamXAV?? I only kind of know
>>>> ClamAV for Windows, and Panda Antivirus.
>>>>
>>>> ClamXav and the App Store - Apple Community
>>>> <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6460085?sortBy=rank>
>>>
>>> ClamXAV is *NOT* available from the Apple App Store.
>>> It has *NOT* been "vetted" by Apple for many years.
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Would a ClamAV extension for Thunderbird be useful? Maybe not... :)
>>
> 
> Windows Defender has a signature scanner and real-time response.
> 
> ClamAV is a signature scanner and it is an on-demand scanner.
> It is maintained by Cisco TALOS. And small one-man development
> houses may include this in a product. The reason being,
> it might take 200 employees to maintain a viable private
> signature database.
> 
> https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/mac-security-test-review-2025/
> 
>    "Number of Testcases
>        899 Mac Malware \___ This is the objective the Apple user focuses on
>        750 Mac PUA     /
>        500 Windows   <=== stops your Apple product from exporting Windows attachment-ware (Sality.exe)
>    "
> 
> That's not my definition of what a product should be, that's
> the AV-Comparatives persons determination of the desired coverage.
> 
> ClamXAV could make an "attempt" at Windows coverage, by using ClamAV
> for the bottom 500 entries. Whatever other merits it has, are unknown,
> because ClamXAV is not a test item on that web page.
> 
> And this discussion doesn't even belong in the Apple group,
> it needs the services of people in the antivirus group. Because
> people there have a better idea how these things work.
> 
> Remember that Malwarebytes started from humble beginnings and
> a relatively small staff. They didn't even attempt nor want, to
> do the ClamAV part. Today, they do their own signatures scan
> and signature maintenance. Malwarebytes started solely with heuristic
> detection as their "feature". They slowly grew into the role of being
> a "more complete" solution. What the ClamXAV product is doing, could
> be the same, but I have no way of judging how it works against
> the 899+750 part. All I can tell you, is your business cannot
> remain small for very long -- doing full-feature AV takes an army
> to be any good.

Paul

Some years ago I was questioning a new AV software - it was called AIRO

This is the link I still have (showing in an email from the company).

http://www.airoav.com/

It doesn't go /there/ any more!

Please explain WHY there has been such a change.

Thanks.

Message-ID: <mvomgbFdklkU1@mid.individual.net> refers!


-- 
Kind regards,
David

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  Re: Off Topic - request! Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-16 05:35 -0500
    Re: Off Topic - request! "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-02-16 22:47 +0000
      Re: Off Topic - request! Nobody <jock@soccer.com> - 2026-02-16 17:23 -0800
    Re: Off Topic - request! "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-02-17 20:08 +0800
      Re: Off Topic - request! "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-02-17 15:17 +0000
        Re: Off Topic - request! "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-02-19 20:28 +0800
          Re: Off Topic - request! Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-19 10:48 -0500
            Re: Off Topic - request! "David B." <David@hotmail.co.uk> - 2026-02-19 16:02 +0000
              Re: Off Topic - request! Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-02-19 11:42 -0500
            Re: Off Topic - request! Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-02-19 17:23 +0000
              Re: Off Topic - request! Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-02-19 20:09 +0100
                Re: Off Topic - request! Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-02-19 19:15 +0000
                Re: Off Topic - request! Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-02-19 20:43 +0100
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