6/30/2023 0 Comments Avast report file locationIf you use the Mail app just search the subject of the email or the name you gave and delete it. For example, englishpaper.txt is a file name but /Users/Brandon/Desktop/englishpaper.txt is the path to where its actually located which is usually required unless you're doing a spotlight search for a filename. The filename you gave may be the name of a file but its not the full path. What process is it referring to? Your screenshot is from iOS but examining processes is only typically possible on macOS (on a computer I mean). To actually address your entirely legitimate concern. Avast may not be the best but it is one of the 60-70 anti virus companies trusted by which is a subsidiary of Alphabet (Google) who is definitely a lot more forward thinking in this regard than some other top tech companies I can think of. Your Mac Boot drive can be full of the worst kind of Viruses, and they are not a threat to you, because they cannot become executable without your Admin password (and consent).ĭon't listen to anyone whole says anything without citing a reputable source of their information. MacOS has built-in protections against arbitrary code getting into a position to be executable - the only issue that really matters. Security Researchers recently reported that they do so in a far less than competent manner, leaving your encrypted communications compromised, and MORE vulnerable to attack. Not satisfied with only the files on your Mac, it has come to light that many such packages mount an attack on your encrypted communications, to be sure they can see what is in going by there as well. Screen shots are not executable, they just may accidentally match a pattern. In your case, finding a match for a Virus pattern in a Mac screen shot is NOT a threat to your Mac. When completed, rather than letting up, they do it all again.įrom time to time they might discover a pattern in a picture file, internal caches, preferences files, foreign-language text files, or other places where they can not possibly be a threat to your Mac. To justify their existence, they do so at a high enough priority to remind you they are working (disrupting your ability to meaningful other work). The brain-damaged approach all these third-party so-called Anti-Virus packages do is to scan every file on your Mac, and every file coming and going, looking for the fundamental instruction patterns from antique windows Viruses.
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