Deleting malware that only is in time machine
IMac OSX 10.9.4; 2.8 ghz Intel Core 15; 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3
I have malware files which have been removed except they were not removed from my time machine backups. My antivirus software automatic clean up failed clean and indicated that a manual cleanup is required. I can fine these files quarantined by the software. They are in download files but I do not know how to remove these files. I am somewhat computer davy, but this is out of my understanding. Could someone provide clear step-by-step directions for accomplishing this.
Below are 2 excerpts from the log file.
2014-07-06 15:56:33 -0700 Threat component: 'Mal/KeyGen-M' in /Volumes/MY BOOK -2 - Bkup:Down 5/Backups.backupdb/Nathan P. Strause’s iMac/2012-07-04-004302/Maxtor - Photo Manuals/Photo Software-WinSide/Downloaded NIK Collectrion/Nik Software Plugins CS5-64 updated/Nik Software Plugins CS5-64 updated/Color.Efex.Pro.v3.110 x64/Color_Efexkeygen.exe
2014-07-06 15:55:41 -0700 Threat component: 'Mal/KeyGen-Q' in /Volumes/MY BOOK -2 - Bkup:Down 5/Backups.backupdb/Nathan P. Strause’s iMac/2012-07-04-004302/Maxtor - Photo Manuals/Photo Software-WinSide/Picasa/Lightroom/Adobe.Photoshop.Lightroom.v3.3.Multilingual.I ncl.Keymaker-CORE.zip
2014-07-06 15:55:41 -0700 Threat component: 'Mal/KeyGen-Q' in /Volumes/MY BOOK -2 - Bkup:Down 5/Backups.backupdb/Nathan P. Strause’s iMac/2012-07-04-004302/Maxtor - Photo Manuals/Photo Software-WinSide/Picasa/Lightroom/Lightroom crack.zip
Thanks in advance.
Thanks to all of you have responded to my post.
I have Parallels software on my MAC. Quicken is installed on the Windows side. Quicken support found the trojans and referred me to I FIX PC. They cleared and removed the trojans on both my MAC and My laptop which only has the Window's OS. They installed the Sophos software.
Since the Sophos was new I decided to see the results of the scan I checked the Sophos Quarantine manager and it said that the above files could not be automatically removed and had to be done manually. Exploring further, It appears that software I downloaded in 2012 was infected. At that time my Norton Antiviral software found a virus. Because of that I have never used a torrent again. These programs were on my windows computer or. I transferred the Photo manuals folders to Mac and have never opened them. I have uninstalled all of the Photoshop and associated software then from my laptop computer. My Photoshop for Mac is legit. I did not remember that I had saved the programs on my Maxtor external hard drive.. I have deleted all of them. Would that perhaps solve my problem? If not I will pursue the suggested solutions posted.
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