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bob
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is there a way to tell a file has a virus before its done downloading?
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Some antivirus programs will pick them up as you're downloading it...
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use AVG it tells you the second a virus hits your comp,
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Norton AV will do that as well as long as you have it on.
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a useful hint to avoiding most of the viruses encountered is to look at the file size , a lot are obviously not what they say. also it is beneficial to browse the person before you download , as this will show up files that are all the same size and therefore a virus ridden machine (user).
ideally running antiviral software is preffered, as this problem will cease to exist.
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