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A question about how to use it

superman

What's the diffrent   between   delete threat   and  clean up threat?  I want the mac is safe,which I'd better choose.

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    "Delete threat" deletes the file the threat was found in.  "Clean up threat" attempts to remove the malicious code from the file the threat was found in.  On a Mac, these are almost always identical, as we don't have many file infectors.

    For example, if you have a Word document that is infected with a macro virus, Clean Up will leave you with a usable Word document but no macro virus.  Delete will delete the file.

    I guess deleting is always safest, but you might actually want to keep the file that is infected in some cases -- hence the clean up option.

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    "Delete threat" deletes the file the threat was found in.  "Clean up threat" attempts to remove the malicious code from the file the threat was found in.  On a Mac, these are almost always identical, as we don't have many file infectors.

    For example, if you have a Word document that is infected with a macro virus, Clean Up will leave you with a usable Word document but no macro virus.  Delete will delete the file.

    I guess deleting is always safest, but you might actually want to keep the file that is infected in some cases -- hence the clean up option.

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