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#Installing ClamAV using Homebrew on MacOS

1. Homebrew
2. MacOS

1. Open terminal
2. If you previously installed clamav then run the following commands

   sudo killall clamd
   brew uninstall clamav
   sudo rm -rf /usr/local/var/lib/clamav
   sudo rm -rf /usr/local/var/clamav
   cd /Library/LaunchDaemons/ && sudo launchctl unload clamav.freshclam.plist clamav.clamd.plist clamav.clamdscan.plist

3. Remove old config files

   sudo rm /usr/local/etc/clamav/freshclam.conf
   sudo rm /usr/local/etc/clamav/clamd.conf

4. Navigate to a directory where you want to store this script (If no preference then run cd ~ to navigate home)
5. Clone install script package git clone https://github.com/daniellmorris/clamav-tools.git
6. Navigate into cloned directory cd clamav-tools
7. Set executable permission on install script chmod +x install-on-macos.sh
8. Run install script ./install-on-macos.sh
9. Go to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Full Disk Access.
10. Check clamav to enable full disk access
11. Verify files are in this location by running ls /usr/local/var/clamav/db and making sure some files exist. Something like the following should exist

    bytecode.cvd  daily.cvd     main.cvd
    

12. To test that it works run sudo clamdscan -m /Users. This could take hours to finish.