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As there are no viruses troubling Mac OS X it will be difficult to remove one. The free ClamXav software (See links below) will check your Mac and any files passed to/from Windows users which may well have a virus.

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As of the time of this writing, January 14, 2013 , There are no viruses for OSX 10.8.

If you are running Windows on your Mac, then you get a Windows Anti Virus application.

Download Stinger for a quick fix of common Windows virus.

mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/how-to-use-stinger.aspx

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There are not much out there that will get malware off a Mac. You can try downloading ClamXav which is an anti-virus software for mac and see if This program will pick up the Malware.

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