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Avast Antivirus warnings on Macbook pro

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  • 29-03-2014 1:44am
    #1
    deadanonymau5
    Registered Users Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭


    Hi All

    I have a Macbook pro and use free Avast Antivirus. When the scan completes I get the following details.
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    Infection Details:

    Path:Applications/iDVD.app/Content/Resources/205_Family_thmb.tif
    Files with warnings in archive:1.
    Error 42120 ARJ archive is corrupt

    Path: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MediaKit.framework/Versions/A/Loaders/MKDrivers.bundle/Contents/Resources
    Files with warnings in archive:1.
    Error 42110 The file is a decompression bomb.
    _________

    Does anyone know how I can fix these issues so I dont get the warninngs again? I cant fix them with Avast

    I would really appreciate any help. Thanks in advance!
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    Zcott
    Registered Users Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    First of all, uninstall Avast. You don't need it. Secondly, run a permissions check in Disk Utility, or download an all in one administration tool like Onyx.

    But definitely uninstall Avast.


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    deadanonymau5
    Registered Users Posts: 2,875 ✭✭✭deadanonymau5


    Zcott wrote: »
    First of all, uninstall Avast. You don't need it. Secondly, run a permissions check in Disk Utility, or download an all in one administration tool like Onyx.

    But definitely uninstall Avast.

    Why uninstall Avast?


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    CathalDublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    I personally would uninstall avast too all it's doing is slowing your system down, wasting battery and its known to cause kernal panics and Internet connection issues with mavericks. I'm not a fan of virus scanners though.
    As above download onyx or magican and you should be able to fix your problem.


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    Zcott
    Registered Users Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    deadanonymau5 wrote: »
    Why uninstall Avast?

    Macs aren't prone to viruses like Windows.


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    jamesd
    Registered Users Posts: 3,424 ✭✭✭jamesd


    Zcott wrote: »
    Macs aren't prone to viruses like Windows.

    Not prone or never get them?


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    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,671 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    I've never had a virus, never used AV software, never run any maintenance apps and I've been using Macs for almost 15 years. I've two Macs at the moment, one of them over 4 years old, and both are running perfectly.

    Mac anti-virus apps are placebos. They mostly only scan for harmless Windows viruses. Even if you are on a Windows network, the Windows machines can protect themselves better than you can. The rest of the time they waste system resources, slowing your system to a crawl, or in extreme cases, hosing the whole OS, requiring a clean install.

    Of course, as people have been telling me for the last 15 years, Macs are becoming a bigger target, etc. Whatever, I'll worry about that when it happens.


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