Trojan found on mac

Question

Sophos mac home edition discovered trojan troj docdrop-au on my MacBook (osx). It was promptly removed ( with note to self to not open any ups emails in future!)

The narrative in the threat analysis said that the trojan affects windows operating system, that said, as it loaded itself on to my mac would it have presented a threat before it's removal?

Any advice much appreciated.

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ruckus · Accepted Answer

Well I guess it's gone now. Windows malware is far more common hence Mac users will probably encounter more detections from malware targeted at the Windows OS. Windows malware is generally just a file and though it can't run on a Mac it could be downloaded (through email or a browser) or transferred from a USB pen drive or network share. If it's through your mail application the file can be in your mailbox folder on the local drive and then detected from there - just by syncing your mail with the SMTP/POP server.

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