[Clamav-devel] making ClamAV available to macOS users through the Apple App Store

[Joel Esler (jesler)]

Thank you for your suggestion.  

Unfortunately right now, development and personnel time is limited.  The version that we create for ClamAV, while you have to compile it yourself, works on MacOS.  We do not have the personnel or resources to do a GUI front end for ClamAV for MacOS either.  We have thought and discussed it internally and the passion is there.  However, we just don’t have the time nor the man power to do this right now.

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Joel Esler
Manager, Communities Division
Cisco Talos Intelligence Group
http://www.talosintelligence.com | https://www.snort.org

> On Jan 1, 2021, at 7:41 AM, Finn isme <fishintheseabuttheyaintme at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> hello,
> 
> I am an ordinary user of macOS who has dabbled with Linux in the past. I wonder if your organization would be willing to make ClamAV and a ClamAV frontend available on the macOS store.
> 
> For awhile now, Apple has a no-fee policy for non-profits as shown here:
> https://developer.apple.com/support/membership-fee-waiver/
> 
> I would prefer to have some antivirus solution on macOS, however all those available on the Apple App Store seem to have negative reviews concerning how they disrupted the macOS system.
> 
> Could you not apply for that with Apple so we could have ClamAV available? Thanks
> 
> postscript - I'm not sure if I will be able to read your replies and I'm emailing from a Comcast email account.
> 
> Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
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