Does it only quarantine or delete files, or does it actually clean files?
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Find a virus for the Mac and let us know
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It found a virus but I think it's a windows virus as it's from a USB flash drive.
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Your best bet. as with any infected drive is to just format it. Just reformat the USB drive.
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I want to keep the files obviously. I just went into windows and fixed it with AVG no problems.
I thought ClamX could clean viruses as well. I don't want to be sending viruses to other people. Going into windows to clean then every time is not the most convenient. -
In all honesty, there is no such thing as being able to truly clean a system of viruses. The way viruses work now, it is impossible to get them out without damaging other files.
The only way to truly rid yourself of a virus is to format. I wouldn't trust a system without doing that. -
Many viruses can be removed as they are simply attached to other files BEFORE they get into a system. Such as attaching them to .jpg or .bat or .exe or even driver files or Microsoft office files.
There is no reason to format these. That also is not a solution for clients who's computers I work on many times.
I'm not a virus expert, but having a program that can do more then delete or quarantine would be nice. Any that are free or not free that can handle this? -
Perhaps look at Symantec/Norton. Although I would caution against installing those on any system, Windows or Mac. You could also see if one of the online virus scanners will do it, although I am not sure how they work with Macs. Your best bet is to trash a corrupted file and use a backup or original.
As for clients, I am not in the IT business, but I will say once a system is infected, it should never again be trusted without a format. And a file that has been corrupted should probably not be used. You can see the one virus, but you may not be seeing the dozens of others it let in. I am sure it is difficult to tell that to a client, but if I were given the choice of a format or the integrity of my data, I would take the format. -
I agree that it should be done, because you have no idea what settings could have been changed sometimes by viruses with little data available to find out what they do.
I was hoping there would be a free option that could do it. I guess I should have read what ClamX actually did.
ClamXav antivirus - Does it clean files?
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by passive101, May 11, 2008.