Next, let’s see how to know if a RAR file contains a virus before downloading it. The process is too easy and in a few seconds you will know if a file has a virus or not.
Unfortunately on the internet we can find a large number of viruses. It is something quite common, a reality with which we live. Anyone who surfs the web frequently knows that the possibility of having some kind of malware on the computer is always high.
The best way to stay totally safe is to always keep our antivirus updated and, above all, to be aware of what we are going to download. Remember that no antivirus is 100% effective, this is more than obvious.
That is why it becomes essential that one be aware of what we find or can find on the internet and be cautious. This combination is without a doubt the best defense you have against malware.
But another thing you can do is basically not download any kind of file until you are absolutely sure that it can be trusted. Actually, it is much easier than you think.
Many malware appear when we download some kind of file to our computer. Sometimes it comes as an executable, since perhaps it is a program that we need, on other occasions it can come compressed in RAR and when we decompress it we find a great surprise.
For this reason, it would be best to analyze the RAR file before downloading it. This way you can make sure that it does not have any kind of virus before it is on your computer. This method is much safer than having to expose your computer by downloading said file.
The process is very simple and we are going to see a little below step by step how you should do to know if a RAR file has a virus before downloading it to your computer. All this with a web application, this means you will not need to download any kind of program to be able to do it.
How to know if a file has viruses before downloading it
- The first thing you will have to do is enter VirusTotal, which is a website that is dedicated to analyzing various files from various points.
- After this you will have to copy the URL of the file that you need to check that it does not have any kind of virus.
- For this it is quite simple, since you only have to right click on the link in question and you will see that an option appears that says “Copy the path of the link”.
- Now you will have to enter the address that you copied earlier.
- To finish, you will have to click on the button “ Scan it! Which is at the bottom of the screen.
- You can see the result in “Detection ratio” which would be the number of positive results compared to the number of malware search engines consulted.
Check a WinRAR file for viruses before downloading
Obviously we also have a large number of web applications that allow us to analyze the files before downloading them. Although many of them are not as reliable as Virus Total.
We also have a large number of extensions in the browser that allow us to carefully analyze the files before downloading them to check that they do not have any kind of malware.
From the Virus Total website itself you can find a section on extensions where a few quite interesting ones are recommended that allow us to improve our security when browsing the web.