How to Check a Download for Viruses

Method 1 of 4:

Virus Total URL Scan

Visit the Virus Total Homepage.
Click on the "Submit a URL" tab and enter the address of the website where you are about to download the file from.
Hit the "Submit URL" button. Virus Scan will check the website for viruses and let you know whether it is safe for downloading files from there or not.

Method 2 of 4:

Virus Total File Scan

Go to the Virus Total website.
Press the Browse button in the "Upload a file" tab.
Browse to the file that you have downloaded and select it.
Press the "Send file" button. Virus Total will check the download for viruses and let you know of any threats that were detected.

Method 3 of 4:

Jotti's Malware Scan

Open the Jotti website on your computer.
Use the Browse button to select the download that you want to scan for viruses.
Hit the "Submit file" link. Jotti will scan the file and display a status message to let you know if any viruses were detected.

Method 4 of 4:

Anti-virus Program

Open your existing anti-virus program.
Open the Scan option.
Depending on what program you have, perform a Custom Scan.
Select the downloaded file as the file to be scanned.
Start the scan.

Samuel Daniel

Update 05 March 2020

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How to Check a Download for Viruses

Virus Total URL Scan

Virus Total File Scan

Jotti's Malware Scan

Anti-virus Program

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