To Customer Support To Customer Support
Solved

Scan Downloads Before Downloading

  • 25 April 2017
  • 2 replies
  • 1580 views
J
My title says it. Is there a way to check a download site for safety before the actual download? Thx. 
icon

Best answer by JP_ 25 April 2017, 18:14

Hello @ and welcome to the Webroot Community.
 
The file will be scanned immediately upon downloading, but I'd recommend using our Filtering Extension to determine whether a site is trustworthy or not to download from.
 
Example:
 

View original

2 replies

JP_
Userlevel 7
Hello @ and welcome to the Webroot Community.
 
The file will be scanned immediately upon downloading, but I'd recommend using our Filtering Extension to determine whether a site is trustworthy or not to download from.
 
Example:
 
Archive121917
Rank
To scan the file befored download would put a huge processing / internet bandwidth load on the Webroot servers. Just imagine all the files from all the users across the world all day long having to go to Webroot first then to the client. It would effect the client by slowing down the time to get a file to almost double in the worst case. I cannot see this a viable option.
Started my latest entrepreneurial project in May 2016 with Farmhouse Networking - a Grants Pass, OR based Managed Service Provider using Autotask suite of products with Webroot Secure Anywhere integration for all my managed clients.

Reply


© 2004 - Webroot Inc.

We have recently updated our Privacy Policies. We encourage you to read the full terms here.