scan my downloads

j1994 · 04-06-2009, 01:33 AM

I am looking for a program that scans downloads that I download from the web before they hit my computer. I like to download a lot and I seem to get quit some virus and spyware from that and I am wondering if anyone knows any programs?

Commander Data · 04-06-2009, 01:51 AM

If you are downloading directly to a local drive, how can you scan a file before it hits your computer? You have to enable Real-Time scanning which most have.

If a nasty comes in and the antivirus catches it with it's scan heuristics, it will quarantine the files for you.

So unless you want a seed box somewhere to log in to and download everything there first and scan it, just get a decent antivirus and let it update when it needs to.

Mcninjaguy · 04-06-2009, 02:56 AM

try NOD32 trial version
http://www.eset.eu/download/trial

(www.eset.com is the site you want but its down at the moment)

I've been using it for about a year and a half now and I've never had any problems with viruses its a trial so no worries about buying it yet. yu'll like it I'm sure.

I never have to worry about scanning. it uses up around 45mb of ram and maybe 1% CPU usage in the background

04-06-2009, 01:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
j1994 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 110 OS: windows xp	scan my downloads I am looking for a program that scans downloads that I download from the web before they hit my computer. I like to download a lot and I seem to get quit some virus and spyware from that and I am wondering if anyone knows any programs?

04-06-2009, 01:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Commander Data Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 226 OS: Win 7 My System	Re: scan my downloads If you are downloading directly to a local drive, how can you scan a file before it hits your computer? You have to enable Real-Time scanning which most have. If a nasty comes in and the antivirus catches it with it's scan heuristics, it will quarantine the files for you. So unless you want a seed box somewhere to log in to and download everything there first and scan it, just get a decent antivirus and let it update when it needs to.

04-06-2009, 02:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: scan my downloads try NOD32 trial version http://www.eset.eu/download/trial (www.eset.com is the site you want but its down at the moment) I've been using it for about a year and a half now and I've never had any problems with viruses its a trial so no worries about buying it yet. yu'll like it I'm sure. I never have to worry about scanning. it uses up around 45mb of ram and maybe 1% CPU usage in the background