On 10/05/2020 20:54, Paul wrote:
David_B wrote:


"Until they've figured it out"!

I *do* so like that comment. :-)

As always, I value your comments. I'd read the article you mentioned
when it was first issued - *AND* I used all procedures mentioned
therein to test my old iMac (Except ESET - my OS was too new for it).

I was only satisfied that I was 'clean' when I bought a replacement
machine - not just a replacement hard drive. Although I have 'tested'
many Mac AV softwares, I will never install ClamXav on this machine
'just in case'!

Some Mac downloads, you can go through them with
7ZIP on Windows and examine what filetypes are in
there. Which could give a hint how much "leverage"
they need to do their job.

That's not something I'd feel confident to explore, Paul.

I've been advised that such forensic examination of a machine could take
a very long time and be VERY expennsive.