ClamXav found an infection: Osx.Trojan.EmPyre-6852410-0 in
Macintosh HD > System > Library > CoreServices > MRT
and
Macintosh HD > Private > var > db > uuidtext > 7D > AF137AF0AF3D0DB211CD675D88F4EB
The Quarantine folder was empty and Bitdefender found no threat. Is this possibly a False Positive or do I have a real problem? If it is a problem, how do I remove the Trojan?
MacBook Pro Late 2011 running High Sierra v. 10.13.6
MacBook Pro
Simple put, Apple attempts to provide all the malware
detection and removal you need in Mac OS X.
"Effective defenses against malware and other threats" by
John Galt
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-8841
"Avoid phishing emails, fake 'virus' alerts, phony support calls,
and other scams"
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT204759
"MalwareBytes Anti-Malware for Mac Removes adware and malware
Revives your Mac." MalwareBytes has a more restrictive filter
for adware than Apple. MalwareBytes has come to be accepted as the
only malware detector you should consider. For those pestered
by browser attacks consider MalwareBytes.
https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/mac/
MRT.app is Malware Removal Tool
It is a part of OSX made by Apple.
/System/Library/CoreServices/MRT.app
It's a false positive. See: https://lists.gt.net/clamav/users/74810
FWIW, it's bad enough having one antivirus program installed much less two. And as you have seen. they're rather pointless.
... do I have a real problem?
Expecting non-Apple "anti-virus" products to do anything beneficial is your only real problem.
Trojan found in MRT.app
