How to sacan a file before downloading

Login to the community No account yet? Create an account. Username or Email. Remember me. Forgot password? Username or e-mail. Send Back to overview. Scanning file for viruses. This file cannot be downloaded Sorry, our virus scanner detected that this file isn't safe to download. Cookie policy We use cookies to enhance and personalize your experience. Accept cookies Cookie settings. Basic Functional. So, with that in mind, follow these steps to download safely:. So what if your download shows up as being infected?

If you can, see if you can find the same download from another source — sometimes malware is present only in some of the downloads of a particular piece of software. Subscribe to Confident Computing!

Less frustration and more confidence, solutions, answers, and tips in your inbox every week. You CAN! Just Right CLick the link and wait for results. Avast Antivirus? Actually you can scan a file before downloading it.

DrWeb is a program that scans the file at another location other than your PC. Meaning, you never have to download the file to scan it. From your experience, have there been major complaints about bad viruses, malware etc regarding this software on piratebay? Can it really be scanned before downloading? I have the latest norton antivirus instaled, which I purchased from the shop just to be sure:.

Pirate software is not only illegal, it is often full of malware. If you download, you are also uploading as a list of the IP addresses are displayed by the torrent program which the owners of that software can check and get the courts to get the ISP to turn over your name and address.

I agree. Then you recommend running an AV scan on the downloaded file. I do agree that post-download rescans would be beneficial if scanned with another program — kind of like a second opinion, or applying a different type scan Malware scan vs AV scan.

TIA, Dale…. I second use of VirusTotal. VirusTotal scans uploaded files with 50 or more anti-virus programs and gives the results.

It also tells if that file had been uploaded before. However this does not substitute for safe browsing. Quote from: Treazon88 on March 14, , AM. A browser downloads a file as a temporary file. After the download is finished completely the browser will re name the file to its original name and put it in the download location you have specified.

Thank you. I was curios about that. Does avast scan this part file or just the finished file. Lisandro Avast team Certainly Bot Posts: Remember that Download Managers split the files being downloaded and WebShield could miss detection of downloaded files. The better is set ashQuick. I'll look into that although I think that is the case since Firefox tells me at the end of the download that the files are being scanned.

I use a Firefox add-on called Download Statusbar in which I provide the link to ashquick.