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They might have loaded onto your hard drive, but they can't actually do anything without having the Windows OS environment to work in. All info I've ever found says that Windows viruses, including the Java ones, simply don't work in the Mac OS. I haven't had any actual issues on my computer (or in Real Life) caused by any viruses, and everything I've ever found has been a Windows virus. I've also found the Apple support area of the website useful when it comes to general 'can I delete or empty this folder?' kind of questions. Sophos actually has a searchable database if you want more info on the specific infected files.Įxactly how you deal with infected files may depend on which version of OSX you're using, so it's often been very helpful to me to have the search terms include the name & number of my version of the Mac OS. Here's some stuff I think I've learned or figured out, and maybe at the least it will help you refine your Google searches to get better answers. I'm not familiar with Avast, I use the free version of Sophos, on an ancient iMac running 10.4 (Tiger).

I'm hardly an expert, but I have had various Java exploits & Trojans show up on my Mac in the past. Thank you! posted by min to Computers & Internet (3 answers total) 4 users marked this as a favorite I googled a lot, but didn't find anything helpful, and I also trust AskMe much more than some random forum. I am not super computer savvy, but can do simple fixes if they are explained plainly. (This is in my main browser, FireFox, and I use Safari for sites that I just can't use with this stuff blocked.) Is there anything else I should do? Java is still turned off, and I already run NoScript, block pop-ups, and have turned off JavaScript as well. Is my husband's computer at risk? We share the network and the Time Machine so far his laptop appears clean. Do I need to change all my passwords (email, bank, credit card, etc)? Are these bad files on my Time Machine back up (my machine backs up daily), and if so, how do I get rid of them there? I used the delete function in Avast, and they're now marked as deleted, but do I need to do anything else to make sure they are gone? Should I just run Avast again? (It crashed the first three times I ran it.) I can't seem to find much on google but they appear to be Windows viruses. The infected files were either titled Djewers or marked as a trojan by Avast. Most of them seem to be connected to gmail, gmerrews, and greader, according to the file names. I downloaded and ran Avast, and discovered 10 infected files, all in library/cache/Java.

Shortly afterwards, I heard about the new Java exploit. This weekend it launched itself and then crashed with a weird gibberish error message. I have Citrix on my macbook so I can work remotely.