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Manually Scan Downloads

ryanhanau

I'm using Sophos Anti-Virus tool version 9.0.7.

When I download a file from a Web site such as a pdf do I need to manually scan it for viruses (right click and choose form contextual menu to scan) or will Sophos Anti-Virus automatically scan it for me

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    ZRL1 wrote:

    scanned, as they arrive, by the local AV engine in the same way as if, after the download is finished, I select the file and scan it with SophosAV?

    Sort-of-ish.  Because it's coming via a browser the SophosWebIntelligence hands off to the SophosScanD process.

    ZRL1 wrote:

    would the Malicious Download Blocker catch and block that too?

    No, it's not a web browser.  On-access would detect malware if written to disk - depending on settings.  What you're suggesting is a plugin for email scanner.  More protection, but then again another process taking memory and CPU.  :smileysurprised:

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    ZRL1 wrote:

    scanned, as they arrive, by the local AV engine in the same way as if, after the download is finished, I select the file and scan it with SophosAV?

    Sort-of-ish.  Because it's coming via a browser the SophosWebIntelligence hands off to the SophosScanD process.

    ZRL1 wrote:

    would the Malicious Download Blocker catch and block that too?

    No, it's not a web browser.  On-access would detect malware if written to disk - depending on settings.  What you're suggesting is a plugin for email scanner.  More protection, but then again another process taking memory and CPU.  :smileysurprised:

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