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I have just installed Sophos : A virus was detected !!!!

JojoFrench

Hello !

I've just heard about Sophos AntiVirus a few hours ago.

So I decided to install it. It runs very smoothly.

I've ran a full scan right now, and Sophos has detected a virus !!! I'm very surprised about that !!

The name of the threat is : Mal/JavaHoxo-A in the file : /Users/Jojo/Library/Caches/Java/cache/6.0/41/ff74ae9-7d783ce1 [EIRC.class]

Mac... Viruses... What ? :smileysurprised:

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    My first experience with Sophos antivirus.
    First, it scanned all my files (not like ClamXav or iAntiVirus). Second, it found (the other programs did not) three Torjans and two spyware/malware "things". I can't call them programs because they are listed as documents. The interesting thing is that they all resided in a Java 6.0 cache folder (subfolders 28 and 31) in the user/library/caches. This Java update was recently installed through software update on an Intel MacBook Pro running 10.6.4. The program had a rather counter-intuitive way to get rid of these cache files. The next scan did not detect any "threats". True, they are all listed as Windows Trojans/malware. But still, does Java really install malware or is it just something that Sophos engine took for such?

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    My first experience with Sophos antivirus.
    First, it scanned all my files (not like ClamXav or iAntiVirus). Second, it found (the other programs did not) three Torjans and two spyware/malware "things". I can't call them programs because they are listed as documents. The interesting thing is that they all resided in a Java 6.0 cache folder (subfolders 28 and 31) in the user/library/caches. This Java update was recently installed through software update on an Intel MacBook Pro running 10.6.4. The program had a rather counter-intuitive way to get rid of these cache files. The next scan did not detect any "threats". True, they are all listed as Windows Trojans/malware. But still, does Java really install malware or is it just something that Sophos engine took for such?

    :1000243
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