Virus scan result shows problem shock horror!

[Xandros Pilosa]

Graham Watkins:
> Recent virus scans using Clamav with Avscan front end have shown a 
> virus: Phishing.Heuristics.Email.SpoofedDomain as infecting my mailbox
> 
> This presumably relates to a phishing E-mail I got recently purporting 
> to be from Monster (which is weird because I'm not registered with them) 
> which I deleted. However, it still shows up on scans.
> 
> Should I regard this as a problem and if so, what, short of deleting the 
> entire inbox, should I do about it?
> 
> My mail program is Mozilla-Thunderbird if it matters.
> 
> NB.  I am aware of the strand of opinion that it is unecessary to scan 
> for viruses on Linux partitions.  It is not an opinion I share for 
> reasons I have stated before.  I have no wish to get bogged down in 
> fruitless debates on this subject so kindly spare me any lectures.
> 


Hello Graham,
deleting inbox won't be necessary. Compacting your inbox and/or other 
directories should do the job.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_Tips_:_Compacting_Folders
Just to be on the safe side: I would do this in off-line mode.
Regards!