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General => Security & Bug Fixes => Topic started by: then00b on November 25, 2016, 08:12:58 AM

Title: Clamscan - Infected file
Post by: then00b on November 25, 2016, 08:12:58 AM
So..I got an infected file--I scanned it via clamscan. Is there a way to know what is the infected file? And what should I do to remove it?
Title: Re: Clamscan - Infected file
Post by: Jerry on November 25, 2016, 10:13:52 PM
We're going to need way more detail then what you've given. Tell us what scan you did, show us the results, etc etc
Title: Re: Clamscan - Infected file
Post by: tomt on November 30, 2016, 07:35:11 PM
Without having specific information on the corrupted file, I have found with Sophos every time I downloaded Firefox and ran a  Sophos scan it showed one or two corrupted files in Firefox. Not sure if Clam-av shows what file is corrupted but to solve my problem I simply went to trouble shoot on fire and refreshed Firefox, after which you re-start and update. After doing this I have re-run Sophos and the corrupted files were gone. Nice thing about Sophos is that it tells you what files are corrupted. Hope this helps.
Title: Re: Clamscan - Infected file
Post by: Jerry on December 01, 2016, 12:14:05 AM
Glad it's sorted :)
Title: Re: Clamscan - Infected file
Post by: tomt on December 01, 2016, 09:03:41 PM
Thanks Jerry. I don`t know if that is the file that is corrupted but without any info I thought I would offer a helpful solution anyway, never know someone might use it.