Gizmo's Freeware: How to Make a Quick and Easy Online Antivirus Check of a File or App Before Downloading it

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How to Make a Quick and Easy Online Antivirus Check of a File or App Before Downloading it Posted: 27 Nov 2013 01:47 AM PST Do you like to download things from the Internet? Do you try out a lot of different programs? These days you can't be too careful about what you get from the Internet. Here is how to make those downloads safer. One of the easiest ways to do a security check of what you are interested in is to use the free online service VirusTotal. This service will scan a submitted file with dozens of different anti-malware programs. Files can be uploaded from your PC to VirusTotal for checking but an even better procedure is to check a file before you download it. You can submit the download link to VirusTotal and get it scanned without the file ever being on your system. The most convenient procedure is to use one of the add-ons that VirusTotal provides for the major Internet browsers. These add-ons place an entry in the browser right-click context menu that provides an online check of a selected URL. All you have to do is right-click a download link and quite quickly you will get a report of the results of scans from multiple anti-virus programs. Here is how to get the VirusTotal add-on or extension for the three major Windows browsers. http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-make-quick-and-easy-online-antivirus-check-file-or-app-downloading-it.htm

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