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Antivirus/malware scan
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if it's not personal or confidential content, i'd upload to virustotal.com, which will check your stuff with 60+ scanners from Microsoft, Sophos, Kaspersky and other names you might (or not) know about, plus a couple of virtual machines.
they explicitly state though that they will be keeping these and advice you not to send them stuff that are either personal and/or confidential
they explicitly state though that they will be keeping these and advice you not to send them stuff that are either personal and/or confidential
yes, haven't noticed your file size
i'm not that familiar with scanners for Mac, but in my case, i would probably install clamAV, buti don't know how good it actually is in recognizing Mac specific stuff.
would wait for a couple more elaborate answers than mine before making a decision though
i'm not that familiar with scanners for Mac, but in my case, i would probably install clamAV, buti don't know how good it actually is in recognizing Mac specific stuff.
would wait for a couple more elaborate answers than mine before making a decision though
i've only been using it on linux.
it's command line based, so access is via the terminal, but there might also be a GUI for it available somewhere aswell.
anyway, to use it, the easiest way is to go to the location you want in Finder and use "open in terminal window" (or something similar)
if you are there, enter
other common uses:
and to manually update it's definitions to the most current:
clamAV is also just a scanner to reveal malicious files.
it will not isolate, or delete infected files, or even extract that code from files.
it's command line based, so access is via the terminal, but there might also be a GUI for it available somewhere aswell.
anyway, to use it, the easiest way is to go to the location you want in Finder and use "open in terminal window" (or something similar)
if you are there, enter
this will scan that directory
other common uses:
will scan everything in that directory including all subfolders
will scan a specified file
will scan your whole HDD, but some directories will likely be protected by SIP i guess
basically the same as the one above and should be sufficient to use as SIP protected directories are practically immune to malware
and to manually update it's definitions to the most current:
clamAV is also just a scanner to reveal malicious files.
it will not isolate, or delete infected files, or even extract that code from files.
There are numerous virus scanner apps in the Mac App Store. I suggest Bitdefender Virus Scanner (free) - that is what I use in situations similar to yours. Bitdefender will find more malware than XProtect which is very focused on active macOS weaknesses.
Most virus scanners have settings which control how they scan archives (e.g. zip files), but not disk images. You will need to mount the dmg and run the virus scanner over the contents - Bitdefender warns of this if you try to scan the dmg.
You don't need to use a command line app, unless that appeals to you.
Most virus scanners have settings which control how they scan archives (e.g. zip files), but not disk images. You will need to mount the dmg and run the virus scanner over the contents - Bitdefender warns of this if you try to scan the dmg.
You don't need to use a command line app, unless that appeals to you.
