antivirus to scan a thumb drive


i have late 2009 imac mountain lion. have downloaded both sophos , clamxav, can't find way use either scan thumb drive. possible either of these, or other recommended av? perhaps i'm missing something.
 

i don't recommend using sophos, can use clamxav scan. this should show how enable scanning of drive attach. after you've performed scan, recommend disable sentry feature, can consume system resources, , constant scanning not needed os x.

macs not immune malware, no true viruses exist in wild can run on mac os x, , there never have been since released on 12 years ago. malware in wild can affect mac os x handful of trojans, can avoided practicing safe computing (see below). 3rd party antivirus apps not necessary keep mac malware-free, long user practices safe computing, described in following link.
read what security steps should take? section of mac virus/malware faq tips on practicing safe computing.
 


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