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why can't i get virus scan to work with downloads

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I had Firefox before,and everytime I downloaded a file it scanned it. Now no matter what I do it will not run a virus scan!

I had Firefox before,and everytime I downloaded a file it scanned it. Now no matter what I do it will not run a virus scan!

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Firefox doesn't do the "AV scan", it hands the scan off to the "registered" anti-virus application that you have installed. The "scan" should be done so fast that you shouldn't see more than a flash instance from Firefox of a scan being performed on the downloaded file, even if it is a large file like a 360Mb ISO image.

If you saw (or see) the download scan dialog run for like 4 to 5 seconds, or more, a scan isn't actually being performed - Firefox is giving you a misleading indication that a scan is being performed, when it isn't. It's like Firefox is blowing smoke up your arse, with a false indication.

I filed a Bug about this issue almost two years ago and it remains UNCONFIRMED. I only discovered it because I was doing am initial load of software on a PC that I had just built for myself, the first brand new one in over ten years, at the time. I was using a newly installed Firefox to download the Anti-Virus application I was going to install, and Firefox showed the download was being scanned, when I didn't even have an AV program installed on Windows 2000!
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480855

Three similar Bugs that others have filed.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461989
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501645
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=530307

I can't even find a list of the exact anti-virus applications that have the proper "hooks" in Windows that Firefox uses to "connect" the file being downloaded with the AV application - from either Microsoft or from Mozilla.

IMO, that feature is broken at least, and at the worst it gives an invaild indication that a scan is being performed when it isn't because the user either doesn't even have an AV application installed, or has an AV program that isn't compatible with this feature - I think Firefox should tell the user in both those situations.