Quote from version77:
I wouldn't download a file if it might have a virus. You never know
if your virus checker will find it before it does it's dirty deed...
New virus's everyday...![]()
That would be true in most cases but NOT when a file can scanned online for any viruses first.
Plus the simple fact remains you can NOT get a virus on your computer simply by downloading a zip or pdf extensioned file. You would have to double click those files to run said virus if it had one, plus on top of that you would run your virus scanner on them before doing anything.
Plus look at the issues,
Pitbull asked for the files to be emailed,
I sent a zip file, he claims it was infected.
I resent the pdfs he claims he never got them.
I have now uploaded to the web in public. Now he has no comment but has begun his name calling towards me.
I find it very hard to believe that anybody with any common sense would come into a forum post a link to publicly available files they themselves put there (me in this case) that had viruses in them.. I mean everybody would see I admit to uploading them.
But you are quite right for an unknown source you must be careful.