Mime is this a virus?

Question

I run analisis with clam Tk and this file is always tagged as a threat...

/usr/share/mime/mime.cache

Should I remove it from terminal or what should I do with it?

If this is the only anti-virus program you are running then please also install a 2nd one and compare the results. If both complain about the same file it might be interesting to investigate it. All anti-virus programs have a HIGH false positive rate but those false positives tend to be different between different anti-virus. Besides that: the notice is probably due to the cache file being updated between 2 scanning sessions. — Rinzwind, Oct 26, 2015 at 7:58
Sounds familiar: askubuntu.com/search?q=mime.cache+is%3Aquestion — LiveWireBT, Oct 26, 2015 at 9:08

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-26 05:18:11Z

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mime.cache is part of MIME database (also mentioned on gnome developer page ), which is used to determine filetypes. It's not a virus.

answered Oct 26, 2015 at 5:18

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Thanks Serg... But when I run an analisis with clam TK it appears as a threat to be removed... Should I remove it or just ignore the threat
– Priotelus
Oct 26, 2015 at 16:05

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