Do I really have a Virus?

[gauchogolfer]

So, I installed Norton AV (v. 10.1) on a lark, and ran a scan of my PB G4 last night. To my surprise, 2 files came up as virii, both associated with java api files. The results were as follows:

VerifierBug.class-3d2b098a-4bec81e9.class
Macintosh HD/Users/*****/Library/Caches/Java Applets/cache/javapi/v1.0/file/
The file contains the macro or PC virus Trojan.ByteVerify

loaderadv698.jar-e49f9eb-43494086.zip
Macintosh HD/Users/*****/Library/Caches/Java Applets/cache/javapi/v1.0/jar/
The file contains the macro or PC virus Download.Trojan

EDIT: So I looked around and this appears to be a Windows virus that made its way onto my Pbook somehow, but I guess it can't hurt me. Could I pass it on to someone on Windows if I wasn't scanning for it?

 

[clayj]

It's not a true virus in the purest sense of the word... as it says, it's a trojan that runs code that performs virus-like activities, also known as a macro virus. This has nothing to do with Mac OS X being "virus-proof" or anything like that... the offending code is in your Java subsystem.

 

[iMeowbot]

EDIT: So I looked around and this appears to be a Windows virus that made its way onto my Pbook somehow, but I guess it can't hurt me.

Yes, these are very common, lonely bits of Java junk out on the web that get cached but have nothing to do.

Could I pass it on to someone on Windows if I wasn't scanning for it?

That stuff? No, at least not unless you did it intentionally

 

[greatdevourer]

So, I installed Norton AV (v. 10.1) on a lark

You wont be able to uninstall it, though It's a pain in the ass

 

[gauchogolfer]

You wont be able to uninstall it, though It's a pain in the ass

So it sounds like you've gone through the pain before....any suggestions?

Thanks