diff --git a/lang/en/antivirus.php b/lang/en/antivirus.php
index 27a0c795212..ce81bc52ef4 100644
--- a/lang/en/antivirus.php
+++ b/lang/en/antivirus.php
@@ -27,4 +27,7 @@ $string['antiviruses'] = 'Antivirus plugins';
 $string['antivirussettings'] = 'Manage antivirus plugins';
 $string['configantivirusplugins'] = 'Please choose the antivirus plugins you wish to use and arrange them in order of being applied.';
 $string['emailsubject'] = '{$a} :: Antivirus notification';
-$string['virusfounduser'] = 'The file you have uploaded, {$a->filename}, has been scanned by a virus checker and found to be infected! Your file upload was NOT successful.';
+$string['virusfound'] = '{$a->item} has been scanned by a virus checker and found to be infected!';
+
+// Deprecated since Moodle 3.5.
+$string['virusfounduser'] = 'The file you have uploaded, {$a->filename}, has been scanned by a virus checker and found to be infected! Your file upload was NOT successful.';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lang/en/deprecated.txt b/lang/en/deprecated.txt
index 06ce696e416..db1cf82c36d 100644
--- a/lang/en/deprecated.txt
+++ b/lang/en/deprecated.txt
@@ -147,3 +147,4 @@ groupaddnewnote,core_notes
 selectnotestate,core_notes
 extendenrol,core
 groupextendenrol,core
+virusfounduser,core_antivirus
diff --git a/lib/classes/antivirus/manager.php b/lib/classes/antivirus/manager.php
index 784ce9719f7..2e0335e8269 100644
--- a/lib/classes/antivirus/manager.php
+++ b/lib/classes/antivirus/manager.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class manager {
                 if ($deleteinfected) {
                     unlink($file);
                 }
-                throw new \core\antivirus\scanner_exception('virusfounduser', '', array('filename' => $filename));
+                throw new \core\antivirus\scanner_exception('virusfound', '', array('item' => $filename));
             }
         }
     }