G'Day all. does anyone know if there is any software that will check what has been downloaded onto one's Pc. I had a download yesterday of 3.5 meg coming in & I haven't a clue who it was from (Still don't) luckily I checked as the Pc was very slow & terminated it. but how many have got though is another thing I run XP's firewall but not to sure about that now. Regards Arthur

Arthur, you would probably be more secure if you shut off the Windows Firewall and ran Zone Alarm. If you didn't initiate the download, could it have been an automatic download of Windows updates? Do you have that option turned on? The other important point with downloads - any download other than Windows updates - is to have a designated folder into which they go. If you have a separate hard drive that is a good spot to create it. If not, have it on separate partition at least. Firefox will allow you to nominate your downloads folder, so that every download goes there. Then when you have it downloaded, you can run your AV program over it to ensure it is safe before doing anything else with it. Lance On 5/26/05, S&A <starwall@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > G'Day all. > does anyone know if there is any software that will > check what has been downloaded onto one's Pc. > > I had a download yesterday of 3.5 meg coming in & > I haven't a clue who it was from (Still don't) luckily > I checked as the Pc was very slow & terminated it. > but how many have got though is another thing I run > XP's firewall but not to sure about that now. > > Regards Arthur

Hi Atrhur, Dunno the answer ... but check your email "on the I.S.P.'" before you download it to your hard drive. Delete what you do not want. If you need extra help email me .... I will be SLOW getting back, so if anyone gets back with a quicker ans. go for it .... I'm thinking Lance will give you all the details about it ... he's amazingly fast. Cheers Slow Carolyn in F.N.Q> Cheers Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "S&A" <starwall@optusnet.com.au> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 10:00 AM Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Downloads > G'Day all. > does anyone know if there is any software that will > check what has been downloaded onto one's Pc. > > I had a download yesterday of 3.5 meg coming in & > I haven't a clue who it was from (Still don't) luckily > I checked as the Pc was very slow & terminated it. > but how many have got though is another thing I run > XP's firewall but not to sure about that now. > > Regards Arthur > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > The focus of this list is on helping Seniors to learn to use computers and > the Internet. Tolerance and patience are the watchwords. For help with > genealogical research methods and procedures, join ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS. > Click and send: > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >