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Manual Cleanup

Marlys Seyer

I have 3 items that need manual cleanup and found instructions to do so.  However, my Quarantine Manager does not have the column as indicated; Action Available etc.  It only shows Locations.  Are there instructions somewhere for my Mac?  I am running macOS High Sierra.  Thank you!  



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    Hi Marlys Seyer,

    If malware is detected on your Mac, and Sophos Anti-Virus informs you that it must be cleaned up manually, this means that you must create a custom scan.

    1. If there are any threats for which the action available is 'Clean up manually', create a custom scan.
    2. For each item labeled 'Clean up manually', select the item in Quarantine Manager and make a note of the Path and Filename:
    3. In the Options tab, select 'Delete threat' from the drop-down menu.
    4. Click Done.
    5. Click 'Scan Now' to run the scan.

    Note: If any threats still exist as 'Clean up manually' after performing the custom scan with the Delete option, the files are probably contained on a backup volume or inside an archive. These are not deleted by Sophos, as they probably contain a lot of information you do not wish to delete as well as the detected file.

    For step by step walk-through please refer How to remove malware from a Mac OS X computer

    Regards,

    Gowtham Mani
    Community Support Engineer | Sophos Technical Support
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  • 0 in reply to Gowtham Mani

    Thank you, Gowtham, for responding to my inquiry.  I am unable to follow your steps as outlined as I do not have an Options tab.  

    In my Quarantine Manager, I have three items listed as threats.  Item Status shows that they have to be cleaned up manually.  And below are buttons to Authorize or Clear from List.  The Cleanup button is grayed out.  I have no other buttons and no tabs.  Any suggestions?  Please advise.  Thanks!!  Marlys

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  • 0 in reply to Gowtham Mani

    Thank you, Gowtham, for responding to my inquiry.  I am unable to follow your steps as outlined as I do not have an Options tab.  

    In my Quarantine Manager, I have three items listed as threats.  Item Status shows that they have to be cleaned up manually.  And below are buttons to Authorize or Clear from List.  The Cleanup button is grayed out.  I have no other buttons and no tabs.  Any suggestions?  Please advise.  Thanks!!  Marlys

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