• Turn off automatic scanning of downloaded files?
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Whenever I download a file over firefox, as it finishes it it automatically scans the file for viruses (maybe windows is doing it, I'm not quite certain) and it literally takes a good 30 seconds, there is nothing else wrong with my computer and I'm unable to use the file while it's scanning, I just want to simply turn this off and not have to be annoyed at every file, big or small taking 30 seconds to be usable. I have Avast installed, but I'm not sure it's Avast scanning it, I've taken a screenshot to show what I mean, using Firefox 4. [img]http://gyazo.com/3e26650830d3cb09e681c3c86ce1d637.png[/img] Any help is greatly appreciated. [highlight]SOLVED[/highlight] Found a fix myself, type "about:config" into the address bar and find this line; [img]http://gyazo.com/28b95f11bd9c0965f1460e08fcd036a0.png[/img] Right click and click "Toggle" and the value should turn to "False" instead of "True". Restart firefox and you're good to go. Still a pain in the ass, but I'm sure this will help someone who's having the same problem.
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