Disable Automatic Virus Scanning in Firefox 3
ORSometimes it might become annoying for you and you would like to disable this automatic scanning as it takes a few extra seconds to scan the file and it also causes following problems to a few users:
- It doesnt download a file and gives warning message: “Blocked: Download may contain a virus or spyware“, even you are sure that the file is completely safe.
- The built-in download manager freezes while downloading a file.
1. Open firefox and type to browser “about:config” and press Enter. To confirm, click on I’ll be careful, I promise! button.
2. Type scanwhendone in the Firefox cpanel Filter box ( look at top ). After you type it show something like “browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone” in the results window and ity show value “true”.
3. To change this, double-click on this entry or right-click on it and select “Toggle“. Now your setting value to “False“.
4. You have done. Close firefox and restart again. Now your Firefox will not scan any downloaded file after you download something.
I have been with fire fox 3 about 2 yrs.Really it’s very good.
Good article.
However this feature should be configurable from the options screen in Firefox as it is something you may want to turn off or on from time to time.
Thank you for posting this, the auto-scan feature is totally annoying! I know it’s a safety measure, but I also know enough to take care of my computer’s anti-virus and anti-malware/spyware needs myself rather than wait for these irritating scan delays.
Agreed with Tom. This option should be in options!
Agreed with Reyes. Firefox has been my Bro[wser] for more than four years, now.
Thanks again!