Clamav on Mac

Install clamav on Mac OS

ClamAV is an open-source antivirus engine designed to detect various types of malicious software, including viruses. It is commonly used on Unix-like operating systems, including macOS. If you want to install ClamAV on your Mac, you can do so using the Terminal and Homebrew, a package manager for macOS.

mac clamav

The easiest way to get the ClamAV package is using Homebrew.

Install the App
Press Command+Space and type Terminal and press enter key.
Run in Terminal app:

ruby -e “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)” < /dev/null 2> /dev/null

and press enter/return key. Wait for the command to finish.
Then run the command:

brew install clamav

Finish! Now you can now use clamav antivirus.

App name: clamav 0.99.2
App description: Anti-virus software
App website: http://www.clamav.net/

The good: Free and open-source
The bad: Limited features