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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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    Hello ljubimov,

    a user's Cache folders contain Java "stuff" which has been downloaded and (normally) executed - could have been a simple applet on a webpage or a more complex application. Most of the time the files come "in pairs" - same name one with extension .idx the other (which is an archive) without. It's not Java installing malware (i.e. the distribution itself is clean) but as Java is used to (download and) run applications it's no surprise that some of them are malicious. Often they are still targeted at specific platforms (as the ones you had) but the threat is real.

    The program had a rather counter-intuitive way to get rid of these cache files.

    Could you be more specific? What did you expect, what was your experience and how can it be improved?

    Christian

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    Hello ljubimov,

    a user's Cache folders contain Java "stuff" which has been downloaded and (normally) executed - could have been a simple applet on a webpage or a more complex application. Most of the time the files come "in pairs" - same name one with extension .idx the other (which is an archive) without. It's not Java installing malware (i.e. the distribution itself is clean) but as Java is used to (download and) run applications it's no surprise that some of them are malicious. Often they are still targeted at specific platforms (as the ones you had) but the threat is real.

    The program had a rather counter-intuitive way to get rid of these cache files.

    Could you be more specific? What did you expect, what was your experience and how can it be improved?

    Christian

    :1000271
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