The easiest way to get the ClamAV package is using Homebrew
$ brew install clamav
Before trying to start the clamd daemon, you'll need a copy of the ClamAV databases.
Inside /your/location/to/brew/etc/clamav, you'll see 2 files:
- freshclam.conf.sample
- clamd.conf.sample
Create copies of the samples:
$ cp freshclam.conf.sample freshclam.conf && cp clamd.conf.sample clamd.conf
Open up freshclam.conf, comment out "Example" from line 8, and make sure
DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net
is enabled. Save your changes.
Then run
$ freshclam -v
to download the ClamAV databases. The output will look something like this:
Current working dir is /usr/local/Cellar/clamav/0.98.1/share/clamav
Max retries == 3
ClamAV update process started at Tue Feb 4 11:31:22 2014
Using IPv6 aware code
Querying current.cvd.clamav.net
TTL: 1694
Software version from DNS: 0.98.1
Retrieving http://database.clamav.net/main.cvd
Trying to download http://database.clamav.net/main.cvd (IP: 81.91.100.173)
Downloading main.cvd [100%]
Loading signatures from main.cvd
Properly loaded 2424225 signatures from new main.cvd
main.cvd updated (version: 55, sigs: 2424225, f-level: 60, builder: neo)
Querying main.55.76.1.0.515B64AD.ping.clamav.net
...
Open up clamd.conf, and
- Comment: "Example" from line 8
- Uncomment: LocalSocket /tmp/clamd.socket from line 85
- Save your changes
Next, let's look for the location of clamd by running: $ brew ls clamav
You should see the following:
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/bin/clamav-config
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/bin/clambc
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/bin/clamconf
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/bin/clamdscan
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/bin/clamdtop
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/bin/clamscan
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/bin/clamsubmit
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/bin/freshclam
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/bin/sigtool
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/include/clamav.h
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/lib/libclamav.7.dylib
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/lib/libclamunrar.7.dylib
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/lib/pkgconfig/libclamav.pc
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/lib/ (4 other files)
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/sbin/clamd <------------- clamd location is here
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/share/clamav/ (4 files)
/your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/share/man/ (13 files)
To start the clamd daemon, run the following:
$ /your/location/to/brew/Cellar/clamav/0.99.2_1/sbin/clamd
You should now be able to scan a file by doing:
$ clamdscan /some/location/myfile.txt
Great instructions. Thank you @mendozao
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