tag:ask-leo.com,2008://5/tag:ask-leo.com,2005://5.9458- 2008-04-05T18:52:09Z Comments for Can I check a download for viruses before I download it? Movable Type 3.2 tag:ask-leo.com,2005://5.9458-comment:32246 Comment from Filippo Gadotti on 2007-07-16 Filippo Gadotti http://unspecified Actualy, yes, it does!

no files are downloaded to the local machine... u just send a link to a server that downloads and check for you.

is such a handy tool :)

just updating the link, refer to:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/938

]]> 2007-07-16T17:10:34Z tag:ask-leo.com,2005://5.9458-comment:23754 Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2006-10-07 Leo Notenboom Doesn't change the fact that the file must be downloaded in order to be scanned.

]]> 2006-10-08T04:27:42Z tag:ask-leo.com,2005://5.9458-comment:23750 Comment from Alex on 2006-10-07 Alex THE ANSWER IS YES! I'm shock you are unware of how to do this. You CAN! virus scan files (of reasonable size) before download. Dr Web offers a FREE Mozilla Firefox plugin that scans any file BEFORE downLoad it. Just Right CLick the link and wait for results. DrWeb is a good virus scan that I use before i Download any file Check it out at... https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/938/history

]]> 2006-10-08T03:07:25Z tag:ask-leo.com,2005://5.9458-comment:18809 Comment from Michael J. Yaros on 2006-04-30 Michael J. Yaros I use an antivirus called AVK that combines 2 programs, kapersky and bit defender and is much better than norton. go to http://www.gdata.de/gdc/gb_start

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