macfrombrampton wrote:
I have a virus that continues to appear but gets detected by ClamXav. The identified virus is 8399.emlx and it is found in my
/Users/(Mydirectory)/Library/Mail/IMAP-(My email)@imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/All Mail.imapmbox/Messages/8399.emlx:
Actually, that's the name of the e-mail message file that may be infected. It's not a virus nor is it the infection name.
After it is found it reappears and the only function I am performing is Web browsng with no downloads. Anyone have any experience or knowledge of the virus?
You don't say how you are trying to get rid of it, but there is only one way to safely process an infected e-mail and that is from within the e-mail client (Apple Mail in your case). Otherwise you will most certainly corrupt the mailbox index (which can usually be fixed by rebuilding the mailbox), could cause you to lose additional e-mails and as you found, sometimes does not delete the file from the server, so it comes to your computer again the next time you check for new mail.
You can either navigate to the location shown above or the next time ClamXav finds it, Right-click / Control-click on the file or infection name and select "Reveal In Finder" from the contextual pop-up menu. Once the file appears in the "Messages" window, double-click on 8399.emlx and read the message. If you agree that it is an infected message that you don't need, make note of the date and subject of the e-mail (you will need this in the step below) then use the Mail delete button to trash it, then if you have elected to move deleted message to the trash, be sure to empty the trash mailbox. If it appears to be a false alarm and is an e-mail you want to retain, write down the number so that you can ignore it during future scans.
With gmail accounts, there is sometimes an additional step to permanently delete the message. Log into your gmail account in webmail using your favorite browser. Go to the "All Mail" mailbox, search for that message using the subject and date copied above. Use the webmail delete button and again make sure to empty the trash if there's anything there.
And in the future I would encourage you to visit the ClamXav Forum where you will find the answer to most situations and usually a faster response if you don't find it.