I have Sophos Anti-Virus and today it deteced a trojan. I don't know what to do with it. It's currently in the Quarantine Manager. Sophos knows where it is.
Should I "clean from list" or "clean up threat"? I really don't know what I am doing, this is not my computer, I've borrowed from my school so I can't go to my schools computer support (due to spring break). Please help me!
The trojan name is Troj/PHPDoor-J if it helps.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
Is it in an app or an email message?
I just scanned my Mac, but now it's gone?!
Sophos just popped up and it just said that my computer was infected with a trojan. So it was not an email, however I don't know how Sophos was installed because I didnt install it myself.
No need to worry, that's a Windows only trojan. Can't do anything on a Mac.
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/threat-center/threat-analyses/viruses-and-spyware/Tr oj~PHPDoor-J.aspx
The fact that it disappeard, should I worry about that? I didnt do anything, I just left it in the Quarantine Manager.
Best solution is get rid of Sophos.
It is worthless on the Mac.
Allan
No, just forget about it. It might be that Sophos just cleaned it out, or the second scan didn't look where it was located. But you could leave it until he11 freezes over. Nothing will happen.
Oh, and please ignore the knee jerk response above to A-V in general, and Sophos in particular. I am running it on my 10.8.5 because Apple can be lackadaisical about getting out security patches (including its built-in A-V XProtect), sites can be hacked, and Macs are not immune to malware. It may slow things down just a bit, but that's the ony small inconvenience I've noticed. It it starts to cause any real trouble, then it can be easily uninstalled. I've been running it now for about 3 weeks and it has never caused a single problem, nor has it thrown any false positives.
Just don't think that it will make you bullet proof. It won't. You still have to be very prudent about your browsing and download habits.
As stated in the question, it's not my computer. I'm not allowed to alter the installed programs or apps.
Okay, thank you! 😀
Sophos found a trojan
