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I have enabled server setting on my I mac with osx Lion running. My virus software found a file named .DS_Store and could not delete it. What do I do with the contents of this file??

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Not sure what to do with all the garbledegook!! you can email me at [email protected] if you have some answers for me or if I shouldn't worry about having this on my desktop. ****, what is it for and what does it mean.
Thanks
Jim

Welcome to Mac-Forums

You don't do anything with .DS_STORE files, read more for details.

.DS_STORE file

Thanks for getting back to me on the file in such speedy time. I won't worry about it now that you have helped me with it.
Have a great Day!!
Jim

Is this virus checker identifying all DS Store files as infected? Those are common files that have been around the Mac for ages.

Slydude said:

Is this virus checker identifying all DS Store files as infected? Those are common files that have been around the Mac for ages.

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I agree - .DS_store files are found in every single folder and when deleted, they're recreated. What kind of scanner (of any sort) would think that a .DS_store file is a problem?

I know that most anti-virus software on a Windows machine when scanning a USB flash drive from a Mac will identify the .DS_STORE files as something malicious and should be deleted..you would think they would've learned by now..

Raz0rEdge said:

I know that most anti-virus software on a Windows machine when scanning a USB flash drive from a Mac will identify the .DS_STORE files as something malicious and should be deleted..you would think they would've learned by now..

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That does not shock me in the least. Ran into it myself many times.

He mentioned he was running Lion so I imagine this is a Mac scanner.

It doesn't surprise me however that a Windows scanner would since .DS_store files are binaries and would look completely foreign.

Any so called VIRUS scanner for OSX that says a DS_Store is a Virus should be shot!

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I ran both mac keeper and bite defender and they both said the same thing.hmmmmm time for a new virus scanner LOL!!
Thanks to all of you who posted, I do feel Better
Jim

Well there's your problem. You are using MacKeeper, which pretty much is a virus(not quite, but malware) itself.