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    Disable Firefox 3 Built-in Download Virus Scan

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by mattbieg892, Jul 8, 2008.

  1. mattbieg892

    mattbieg892 Notebook Geek

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    Is there anyway to disable the Virus Scanner built in to the Firefox 3 Download Manager? It seems to serve absolutely no useful purpose except slow my system down when I try to download and use multiple files at once.
     
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    Bog Losing it...

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    Bog, Jul 8, 2008
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    HPDV6700 Notebook Consultant

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    I googled it and came up with..

    Type about:config in the Firefox location bar and filter for the string browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone. The default value of that parameter is true which means that scans will be done whenever a file is downloaded. Setting it to false will disable the automatic virus scanning in Firefox 3.
     
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  4. mattbieg892

    mattbieg892 Notebook Geek

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    thanks guys, should have googled first :)
     
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    Soldier1st Notebook Enthusiast

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    or install the configuration mania addon then go under security then antivirus and untick it plus you can do more with configuration mania.
     
    Soldier1st, Jul 9, 2008
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