Anti-Virus Soft. Finds Hidden File/ Odd Name - But Not Virus. How Do I Find

I used my anti-virus software CLAMXav to check files. It found odd named file that starts with dot. Apparently file is not a virus. Tried finding above file with Terminal (and Spotlight); but no go. So how do I do it.

There are lots of hidden files and folders in OS X that start with a dot. When a file has a dot at the beginning of its name, it's automatically hidden from the user. That's why programs won't let you save a file with a dot as its first character.
In short, they're hidden for a reason. To keep the user from saying, "What are these for?", and then deleting all of them simply because they don't know whey they're there.
You'll find tons of .DS_Store files. Pretty much each and every folder has one, including your desktop. These keep track of that folder's location on the desktop, size, position, listing option and a few other things. You can delete them, but the OS will just keep recreating them.

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