I've recently installed Avast to scan for infections and warnings. Almost all of the suspect data is in a folder called 'MAIL/V2' under my Library file, which appears to be hidden. When I hit 'cmd' and 'go' in finder, I can see Library, and the Mail subfolder, but no V2 under that.
Avast has a "Finder" option, but it is usually greyed out, as is there "Delete" option.
Any ideas?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
While avast got a pretty high rating in Thomas Reed's mac malware detection rates (see http://www.reedcorner.net/downloads/malware_detections.pdf) Sophos for Mac did the best job. Avast may just be giving you a false positive. Download Sophos and see if it detects the same 'warning' as avast.
It's likely much ado about nothing...
Clinton
Odd that you don't see the V2 folder... if that's actually missing, that would pretty thoroughly bork Mail, as that's where all your mailboxes reside, among other things. Is Mail working properly?
Perhaps it has just been hidden... try executing the following command in the Terminal:
chflags nohidden ~/Library/Mail/V2
Does that make it show up? If not, try this:
open ~/Library/Mail/V2
What does that do?
Thanks Thomas- embarrassing question -- how do I open my terminal?
Thomas is probably sleeping...
Terminal is located in the Applications>Utilities folder. Just open it and follow Thomas' instructions.
Good luck,
Clinton
Thanks guys....it says folder doen't exist, or not found. Is this something I can/should restore? I only use webmail. If I should restore, any suggestions?
Best,
Gary
Missing Mail Folders holding infected data...
