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Scanning virus on MacPro
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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1640749" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hi again - just a few quotes above from your previous post - first, there are no viruses 'in the wild' at this moment that will infect the Apple OS X - now that does not mean you have a Word doc file that might contain Windows malware of some type?</p><p></p><p>You need to provide some more information - you seem to be using Word doc files on your Apple laptop - are these files you are generating w/ Word on your computer and/or obtained from a Windows computer? I'm just trying to determine were these Word docs files are originating, i.e. grabbed from a Windows system (e.g. emailed to you, passed along on the USB drive that your mention, or by some other means)?</p><p></p><p>The information about your USB drive infected w/ a virus is unclear since you were given no information - I'm assuming that the Word doc has the infected virus - what to do? If this was a file sent to you from a Windows user, then you need to contact that person to check for infection. You can download the 'free' virus program <a href="http://www.clamxav.com/index.html" target="_blank">ClamXav</a> (NONE other!) and check the file on your laptop's drive (not sure if the program will also check an attached USB drive - have not used it in 3-4 years) - keep in mind that this is checking for Windows viruses. LET me stop there for you to think about the suggestions so far - Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1640749, member: 234411"] Hi again - just a few quotes above from your previous post - first, there are no viruses 'in the wild' at this moment that will infect the Apple OS X - now that does not mean you have a Word doc file that might contain Windows malware of some type? You need to provide some more information - you seem to be using Word doc files on your Apple laptop - are these files you are generating w/ Word on your computer and/or obtained from a Windows computer? I'm just trying to determine were these Word docs files are originating, i.e. grabbed from a Windows system (e.g. emailed to you, passed along on the USB drive that your mention, or by some other means)? The information about your USB drive infected w/ a virus is unclear since you were given no information - I'm assuming that the Word doc has the infected virus - what to do? If this was a file sent to you from a Windows user, then you need to contact that person to check for infection. You can download the 'free' virus program [URL="http://www.clamxav.com/index.html"]ClamXav[/URL] (NONE other!) and check the file on your laptop's drive (not sure if the program will also check an attached USB drive - have not used it in 3-4 years) - keep in mind that this is checking for Windows viruses. LET me stop there for you to think about the suggestions so far - Dave :) [/QUOTE]
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