I ran MacHomeAV yesterday and it found four items, three of which it removed. The one it didn't is a "PWS-Zbot!zip" Trojan that is located in what appears to be a gmail mail file stored on my Macbook. There didn't seem to be a way for the Sophos software to disable and remove it (or I couldn't figure it out). I was able to find the file and moved it to the Trash, but haven't deleted it because a couple of other bulletin boards suggested that this kind of malware may have pieces that are located elsewhere on my hard drive, and if I delete the mail file I may not eliminate the problem. My question is whether I can simply empty the trash, or is there a way to have the Sophos software take care of this? At the moment, there is a VirusScan window open on the Mac showing the result of the last scan (with the PWS-Zbot displayed). This window won't let me do anything else on the computer. However, I'm reluctant to close it, in case there's a way to get the Sophos software to operate from there. If I close it, the Sophos software no longer shows the PWS-Zbot file, and I have to run a scan again, which takes about two hours. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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