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virus detected in pages document

When uploading a document (ie my resume to a website's careers page), the website flags the document as containing a virus. How do I resolve this problem?

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 8, 2019 7:23 AM

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Posted on Nov 8, 2019 9:17 AM

BigPop66 wrote:

I am estimating that PDF is a popular format to use to upload documents, this issue happens on multiple sites for me.

So, what that tells us is that you are having problems with PDFs on multiple sites, not that lots of people are having trouble.


Is it with the same PDF? I'd suggest you re-print your Pages document to a PDF and try again. The original document may be corrupted. That might cause sites to read it as a virus.

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Nov 8, 2019 9:17 AM in response to BigPop66

BigPop66 wrote:

I am estimating that PDF is a popular format to use to upload documents, this issue happens on multiple sites for me.

So, what that tells us is that you are having problems with PDFs on multiple sites, not that lots of people are having trouble.


Is it with the same PDF? I'd suggest you re-print your Pages document to a PDF and try again. The original document may be corrupted. That might cause sites to read it as a virus.

virus detected in pages document

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