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Help!
My sophos has picked up a malware but it says it can only be manually cleaned up, and I'm not sure how..I've traced the file path to something in my spam filter mailbox which I've deleted but not sure if that would've got rid of everything…rerunning the sophos scan is taking ages.

Anybody know how to remove malware from Macs properly?

Thanks!
 
OSX now has a built-in, system level, user-invisible one (XProtect) that Apple updates when some major exploit is found.

However Sophos might simply be telling you that the email is malware and needs deleting. Any good anti-malware/virus app should give you a link to more information about this malware.

Personally I've not used any since the days of OS7/8 (Symantec IIRC in the early 90s) when I had a daily task of cleaning Windows users' files of the Microsoft Macro viruses that were prevalent at the time. My Macs are almost constantly connected to the internet and I browse some dodgy areas of the web, but having noscript, adblocker and making java, flash, silverlight ask for permission before running anything gives me a bit more protection on these sites.

I also NEVER click a link in an email - even if it looks like it's from a genuine source - and simply go to the website of the sender.
 
mmm-five said:
OSX now has a built-in, system level, user-invisible one (XProtect) that Apple updates when some major exploit is found.

However Sophos might simply be telling you that the email is malware and needs deleting. Any good anti-malware/virus app should give you a link to more information about this malware.

Personally I've not used any since the days of OS7/8 (Symantec IIRC in the early 90s) when I had a daily task of cleaning Windows users' files of the Microsoft Macro viruses that were prevalent at the time. My Macs are almost constantly connected to the internet and I browse some dodgy areas of the web, but having noscript, adblocker and making java, flash, silverlight ask for permission before running anything gives me a bit more protection on these sites.

I also NEVER click a link in an email - even if it looks like it's from a genuine source - and simply go to the website of the sender.
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Good to know Apple on the case and great advice too.


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WLH said:
I know a number of Mac users like http://www.clamxav.com/

I've never used it myself...
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Thanks I was already running a scan with this too; it's found different things though! Apaprently I need to set up a separate folder and then change preferences for Clamxav to delete them after re-scanning.

mmm-five said:
OSX now has a built-in, system level, user-invisible one (XProtect) that Apple updates when some major exploit is found.

However Sophos might simply be telling you that the email is malware and needs deleting. Any good anti-malware/virus app should give you a link to more information about this malware.
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Sophos tells me to download 'virus removal tool' which is only compatible with windows :headbang:

mmm-five said:
Personally I've not used any since the days of OS7/8 (Symantec IIRC in the early 90s) when I had a daily task of cleaning Windows users' files of the Microsoft Macro viruses that were prevalent at the time. My Macs are almost constantly connected to the internet and I browse some dodgy areas of the web, but having noscript, adblocker and making java, flash, silverlight ask for permission before running anything gives me a bit more protection on these sites.

I also NEVER click a link in an email - even if it looks like it's from a genuine source - and simply go to the website of the sender.
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I've deleted the email; in fact all of the spam inbox and trash and am trying to run the scan again. Quite worried though as I do online banking..I've always used MAc and never used anti-virus with no problem (I also have separate admin/user accounts and adblocker.) But at uni they made us install Sophos which I had forgotten I still had until the pop up came up.
 
I've personally never taken a warming to clam xav,

I use avast for any windows based machines and as with that product, continue to for osx.

Also worth running google chrome with the following plug-ins:

Addblock plus - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-plus/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb

HTTPS Everywhere - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/https-everywhere/gcbommkclmclpchllfjekcdonpmejbdp?hl=en
 
This is what i use for my mac: http://www.northernsoftworks.com/maverickscachecleaner.html

ill PM you a serial code so you can use it! :P
 
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