Scanning for viruses firefox disable

Search Support Search. Learn More. Chosen solution You can turn off the Firefox request for the downloaded file to be scanned. Type about:config into the location bar and press enter. Accept the warning message that appears, this will then bring up a list of preferences.

In the filter box type scan Double-click on the browser. The easiest method to stop Scan-pc. You may try GridinSoft Anti-Malware. Note: After removing the adware you might still need to disable Scan-pc.

When you are not sure if a program is safe, look for the answer on the Internet. This step is for experienced computer users. Delete the ones that are obviously associated with malware.

So you can simply enable it again There are no settings in Microsoft Edge currently to disable anti-virus scanning due to security reasons. In reply to Bharat. Kumar's post on August 25, There are no any reasons why it should be scann It's really annoying, especially when in any other browser I'm getting my files x faster!!

Although it is not recommended to so due to security reasons but if you are really looking for the solution, then disabling Anti-Virus software might be one option you can look through specific AV vendor's documentation for how to achieve that and disable only specific functionalities , but it will leave your device vulnerable from security perspective I have no any third-party AV soft, and in any other browser such behavior missing , so the problem in Edge. In reply to A.

User's post on August 25, Anyway this setting looks very strange, because it's saying 'Help protect me from malicious sites and downloads with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen. In reply to Malcomio's post on October 8, Kumar's post on October 8, Internet Explorer. This site in other languages x. Please note that the virus scanning works in newer versions of Firefox as it did in Firefox 3.

It is enabled by default in Windows, and to disable it, you need to follow the steps outlined above. The only difference to Firefox 3.

I use nod32 when I download something it will scan it automatically with firefox or not. This just lags firefox for me but if you just have an anti virus leave it on. Thanks a million for this tip! I was going nuts! My system automatically does a scan — I was getting near infinite loops on downloads! Cheers it was scanning my downloads even tho I dont have a virus scanner anymore ditched AVG , so I wonder how it actually scanned something. Thanks, man. Well, the article is wrong or misleading.

I reinstalled Windows on my machine, install the drivers, install a few applications. What is your problem, Mr. James Johnson? Such a childish, rude reply can only make a person think very little of you. I only stated a true observation and inquired about it.

Maybe it was just a bug in the build of Firefox 3? I do have the latest release. I saw this while downloading drivers before I installed McAfee. Terry as far as I know this should not happen. Did you import old data from Firefox by chance? Which operating system did you install? Did you check the about:config entry?