Comment on Ask HN: How to secure your Apple Mac against malware/viruses?Comments−0942v865310yRelated: is it possible to use ClamAV without the daemon, etc.? I would like to run it manually on specific files/dirs, but I don't know if I can.−rudolfochrist10yYes you can. I do freshclam to update the virus DB and then clamscan -iorz / to scan the system.(see `man clamscan` for the flags)−tobylane10yYou can (or could when I used it) but it's coded to ignore some files. MP3 was the one I wanted to scan but couldn't.
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Related: is it possible to use ClamAV without the daemon, etc.? I would like to run it manually on specific files/dirs, but I don't know if I can.
Yes you can. I do
to update the virus DB and then to scan the system.(see `man clamscan` for the flags)
You can (or could when I used it) but it's coded to ignore some files. MP3 was the one I wanted to scan but couldn't.