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This may not belong under this index but it does relate to cross platform issues.

I use Sophos anti virus software and it has worked well in Panther. It does seem to lag behind in OS updates so i was curious about MacScan software. I noticed that Tacit had linked them on the front page and I was wondering if they have a cross platform element... if one runs Windows inside their mac? Sophos serve both platforms so I was comparing notes for a possible change in anti virus software.

Until I find a real threat to macs I won't buy an anti-virus for a mac. I will uses ClamAVX to protect windows users from my transmission of possible infections, and I run Avast! on my Boot Camp installation.

As far as that goes ClamAV is available on Windows too. And like ClamX AV it is free.

Anti Virus software is a contractual requirement for some of us whether we use a Mac or not.

Just a note. As of right now, ClamAVX does not run under Snow Leopard.

Is that the old java based version or the new version 2.0.1 written entirely in objective C that was released August 29?

I've tried the Object C version and it didn't open.

I have ClamX AV 2.0.1 running happily on three Macs all running Snow Leopard so the problem is not a SL incompatibility but something else.

However, when I went to the ClamX AV 2.0 beta download site I found the following:

You can count me as a test crash dummy.

I have Sophos so I'm not concerned but I have used ClamX in the past.