Windows user antivirus warns about my files

I had a second message in 2 days from a friend using Windows that a file sent by me resulted in a warning from his virus checker and he is therefore not opening the file? How can I check whether my files are corrupted?
Thanks for any syggestions.

Download ClamXav, update the virus signatures, and do a full disk scan.
While there is always active, opinionated discussion on whether a mac needs an anitvirus or not, if you download files and send them to your windows friends often, running an antivirus program will help ensure you not passing along windows virus that don't affects macs. ClamXav is the one program that most agree is the only antivirus program that should be used, if you're inclined to use one. I've used it for years with no issues.

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Hi I
Where You store Your iMovie project icon isn't importand unless You got an
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Hi there,
We have a fairly new Mac Mini server that has been running smoothly for a couple months now. There are only two Windows machines joined to OD - everyone else runs a Mac. For whatever reason, within the past week these two Windows users had their Outlook.pst files mysteriously disappear. Any ideas what could be causing it?
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http://www.digitrance.com/downloads/windows-profile.png
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Originally Posted by mrosen
On 31.07.2012 19:26, tomanstey wrote:
>
> Just as an aside to this, Microsoft do not recommend storing .PST files
> on servers, whatever the OS or filesystem in use, so take care.
More precisely, Microsoft does not *support* storing .psts on any remote
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CU,
Massimo Rosen
Novell Knowledge Partner
No emails please!
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eesh, even worse than Novell's archive support for GW. (at least it's supported in certain cases)
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Cached Exchange Mode in a Remote Desktop Session Host environment: planning considerations
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