But looking at the screenshot of your Finder structure you have no 'Sophos Installer Components' folder. The 'av-data' folder and 'savi.bundle' file are at the same level as the 'Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition.app' file. Delete the all the Sophos files/folders but the savosx_he_r.zip and extract again. See what structure you end up with then. 1 About Sophos Anti-Virus Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X is software that detects and deals with threats (viruses, worms, and Trojans) on your Mac or network. As well as being able to detect Mac OS X threats, it can also detect Windows threats that might be stored on your Mac or network and transferred to Windows computers.
Although I would agree with sig as to choice of anti-virus tool (and you would need the version for '10.4 - 10.7'), your problem is not related to any kind of malware. It sounds like you have somehow become blacklisted for spamming.
This could be because you have an e-mail account on a server that is known for sending a lot of spam, and the entire server has been blacklisted. Who is your e-mail provider? (In other words, what's the part after the @ symbol in your e-mail address?) The other possibility is that your e-mail address has been hacked and used to send spam. If the hacker in question was careful to remove the sent messages from your Sent folder and monitored the account to delete bounce notifications, that could have gone on for long enough that your specific e-mail address has been blacklisted. Although I would agree with sig as to choice of anti-virus tool (and you would need the version for '10.4 - 10.7'), your problem is not related to any kind of malware.
It sounds like you have somehow become blacklisted for spamming. This could be because you have an e-mail account on a server that is known for sending a lot of spam, and the entire server has been blacklisted. Who is your e-mail provider? (In other words, what's the part after the @ symbol in your e-mail address?) The other possibility is that your e-mail address has been hacked and used to send spam. If the hacker in question was careful to remove the sent messages from your Sent folder and monitored the account to delete bounce notifications, that could have gone on for long enough that your specific e-mail address has been blacklisted.
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10.6 (Snow Leopard) is a fantastic version of the Mac operating system that many users are still quite happy with. And if you're happy with it, why upgrade, right? Well, frankly, I can think of a million reasons to upgrade — Yosemite on a newer Mac and iOS 8 on modern iOS devices is a powerful combination. But I recognize that not everyone is quite as anxious to uproot their Mac's operating system as I am. And it's sometimes a one-way trip.
The I've written about before includes AdwareMedic, Intego Mac Internet Security X8, and ClamXav. The first two apps require or higher, but ClamXav still works on Snow Leopard, according to its developer. I'll be perfectly honest: I like the best of any of these apps.
I've had the best luck nuking the adware that's infested my family's and my customers' Macs. But if you're really not comfortable upgrading to something newer than Snow Leopard, will work too. ClamXav is free and safe to use. It can detect Mac-specific malware and malware that affects Windows apps too, so you'll keep your PC-using friends safe. What's more you can set up ClamXav as either 'passive' or 'active:' You can configure only to scan the files you want to check, or activate 'Sentry' mode to monitor your hard drive every time new files arrive.