So at that time, a simple, run as you need to scanner (like ClamXav) for Windows files was all that was required on OS X.
The thinking was that since a Mac can act like a Typhoid Mary (pass infected files but not be infected itself) and the mis-belief was "Mac's don't get malware" would tend to let Windows users let their guard down and not scan the files from a Mac. Most Windows users run a anti-malware, so files coming into their machines usually would be scanned. It was recommended at one time because the amount of OS X based malware was nil and we only needed to focus on identifying the rare occurrence of malware on Windows files (don't affect OS X) before using them (because of corruption) or passing it onto other Windows users. The detection rates for ClamXav isn't as good as the commercial versions.
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