> > I don't think it's necessary to add virus scan to the browser, that's what > you have a virus scanner for. Adding that functionality to Chrome would just > be superfluous and sounds like it could affect performance. > And even if that feature were added, you would still need to run anti-virus > software...which already scans your downloaded files, so having the browser > scan them too is just redundant. > > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Kirk M <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> If you're running a decent anti-virus/anti-malware program like "Avast!" >> it should automatically scan every download initiated by a browser >> anyway. I know "Avast! 4.8" does that for me with IE 8.0b2, Opera 10a1, >> Firefox 3.1pre and Chromium (latest "passed all tests" build). >> >> Basically all Chrome has to add to the download dialog box is a "Save" >> or "Run" an ".exe" after downloading with a check box labeled "Remember >> my choice for this type of file" or something similar much like Firefox >> and IE already do. Then your anti-virus program should monitor your >> download automatically and start yelling and screaming if it finds that >> the ".exe" file is infected. >> >> On 12/20/2008 5:16 PM, Mason Simon wrote: >> > i'd like to have the browser run a virus scan on anything I download. >> > asking me if I'm sure I want to run some .exe I just downloaded >> > doesn't help much, because if I downloaded it I always want to run it, >> > unless it happens to be infected. >> > >> > -mason >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >
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