Virus in MS Word (Mac OS X 10.4)

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Fidelio1st

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I can no longer send any Word attachments in Gmail, as it says there is a virus in all Word files, even new ones that I create.

2 things I did in the last 2 days. I downloaded and started using Firefox web browser, instead of safari (as firefox is faster, at least when reading multiple gmail emails). 2nd, today, I received an email with both a pdf and a word file, of a file that I copied the text from the pdf to that word, and then emailed it from another computer. Right after that, I could no longer send Word files, so I'm thinking the virus came from there.

How do I rid MS Word of this virus?

Using OS X 10.4
 
This does not mean that you have a virus. Windows-centric server-based virus scanners seem to give a lot of false positives. However, if you suspect that Word is infected, then you need software that can scan and disinfect it. ClamXav is a free opensource antivirus utility.
 
When I try to install ClamXav, it shows both the destination volumes on my computer, but says on both of them: "You cannot install .... it will only install on OS X 10.3.X.

My OS is 10.4.

Is there something else to check for a virus in Word?

The reason I'm worried is because I've had 2 different email systems, Yahoo and Gmail, find viruses in all my word files that I try to send. And it didn't do that before yesterday. So something is making it do that.
 
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