- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: September 21, 2007
- Total Downloads: 17,091
- Downloads last week: 91
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 11 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Dr. Web helps you minimize contact with unsanitary files before you download them, by scanning them in advance and letting you know if the file has a clean bill of health or if you should put on your biohazard suit before handling the innocuous-looking critter.
This review is for Firefox and Thunderbird, although the publisher makes versions for Internet Explorer and Opera, as well. The plug-in adds a context-menu option that scans files for viruses before you download them. It then opens up a new window, and even with a 400MB file it took only about 15 seconds to return a green-themed "Clean" window for a virus-free result. The red-tinted "Infected" pops up if you're about to perform some risky behavior.
One thing to keep in mind with the link checker is that it's designed only to check for viruses and it's only meant to work with downloads. Dr. Web's effectiveness depends on how often its publisher updates its definition files, but since the publisher's been around since the mid-1990s it seems to take its updates very seriously. The plug-in doesn't do much beyond what's advertised, but what it does fill a small but important hole.
Publisher's description
From Eugene Kuzin :Dr.Web Anti-virus Link Checker allows you to check any file you are about to download, any page you are about to visit with online version of Dr.Web anti-virus. New menu item "Scan with Dr.Web" will appear on hyperlink context menu. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
CNET Editor's Note: The Download Now link will prompt a local download of the Firefox extension. To install the extension directly, open the file using your Firefox browser.
What's new in this version:
This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.4 stars out of 11 votes
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Version: Dr. Web Anti-virus Link Checker 1.0.15
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Dr. Web Anti-virus Link Checker 1.0.15
"I didn't waste too much time figuring out how it work. I uninstalled it."
Cons: There were not any instructions on how to make it function.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Dr. Web Anti-virus Link Checker 1.0.15
"Dr. Web AV Link Checker doesn't seem to want to down load"
Pros: I've tried 4 times to down load this pgm. and it doesn't want to download all the way. windows can't open the file. Other files open ok but not this one.
Cons: IT WON'T DOWNLOAD RIGHT !
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Dr. Web Anti-virus Link Checker 1.0.15
Pros: Firefox wouldn't allow it to download so I went into: tools-options-security-exceptions and added download.com to my list. After that it downloaded fine.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Dr. Web Anti-virus Link Checker 1.0.15
Pros: It's really fast, not intrusive at all...
If you have some problem installing it on opera, know that you don't have anything to download - you have to modify standard_menu.ini, everything is explained right there : freedrweb.com/browser/opera/?lng=en (copy n paste in you're browser) - it's quite easy and only takes a few moments...
Cons: Well, it's still Dr Web, can't really say they're the best around, but it stills a great tool.
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