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Simplest way to remove Mal/FakeDouf-B

bossfo
Simplest way to remove Mal/FakeDouf-B

 

11-10-2012 12:14 PM

I have 8 incidents of Mal/FakeDouf-B with different file names and all need to be cleaned up manually.

When i click on the threat to get details on how to do this it takes me to a page, http://www.sophos.com/en-us/threat-center/threat-analyses/viruses-and-spyware/Mal~FakeDouf-B.aspx  where it states "Affected Operating Systems: Windows"

I am using Mac OSX 10.7.5 and wanted to know if this threat affects me? and if so, the easiest way to get rid of it?  and even where I got it, so I can try and avoid these sites.

Thanks

JB

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    bossfo wrote:

    Andrew

    Thanks for responding.  I do not use Windows at all on my machine, so I am hoping that the info you provided in your first paragraph will help. 

    Any suggestions on how to avoid this going forward?

    Best

    JB

    If you're not using Windows, it's perfectly safe to just delete.  How you do this depends to some degree on where you're finding it (in an email, in your browser cache, in your downloads folder, in a a backup archive, etc.).  It's always going to be an unwanted file you can just get rid of, however.  If sophos gets in your way of doing this, you can temporarily disable on-access scanning to effect the removal.

    See http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/118117.aspx for more details.

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    bossfo wrote:

    Andrew

    Thanks for responding.  I do not use Windows at all on my machine, so I am hoping that the info you provided in your first paragraph will help. 

    Any suggestions on how to avoid this going forward?

    Best

    JB

    If you're not using Windows, it's perfectly safe to just delete.  How you do this depends to some degree on where you're finding it (in an email, in your browser cache, in your downloads folder, in a a backup archive, etc.).  It's always going to be an unwanted file you can just get rid of, however.  If sophos gets in your way of doing this, you can temporarily disable on-access scanning to effect the removal.

    See http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/118117.aspx for more details.

    :1010786
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