re: Dowloads/Virus
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Adam Bradley
(8842 messages posted)
Until executed they can do nothing, a few tips: do not rely on an antivirus to catch
malware, there is some overlap but they are not exactly the same thing, do not rely
on an on access scan as they only scan files when they are run so may catch it to
late, scan everything manually before you run it especially EXE files.
On Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 5:53 pm, Sarah wrote:
>Can somebody answer this question for me please.
>
>When I download a file from the internet-- a program, video, song etc. Can I get
>infected during the actually download transfer process? Or do I have to launch that
>.MP3, .EXE or .MPEG to get infected?
>
>What I typically do is scan the folder my downloads automatically download to before
>I open them. However lately I have been getting bugs anyway.
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- Dowloads/Virus (Sarah: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 5:53 pm)
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