Email Virus Protection For Macintosh, Scan For Apple Mail Virus With Calm Antivirus

ClamXav is a very useful tool, it is a powerful yet free virus checker for Mac OS X. ClamXav uses a slightly modified version of the tried, tested, and very popular clamav open source antivirus engine as a back-end. CalmXav is only able to scan for files that are downloaded to your mac, it does not perform a quick scan on the email attachment.

ClamCour (free addon/plugin) is here to solve this problem, it is a Courier filter that allow Clam Antivirus (free) to scan incoming mail for viruses, and rejects it if check is positive. Why do you need this feature when Mac is almost virus free? Well, the keyword is almost virus free, not 100% virus free. Furthermore, it would reflect badly on your personal and business image if your client receive an email attachment with viruses.

With the popularity of VirtualPC, it is a matter of time before virus writers are able to write a virus that jumps from one OS to another.