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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: user101 on April 13, 2011, 06:46:06 AM

Title: Can you download a flash file and keep it "safe"?
Post by: user101 on April 13, 2011, 06:46:06 AM

Can a flash file be downloaded & kept in an environment like a sandbox where it cannot infect anything should there be any virus bundled into the file? I expect that I can play the flash file in a sandbox to prevent anything from happening while it is playing. But I also am concerned about prorection with just having the flash file downloaded and sitting there.

Thank you

Title: Re: Can you download a flash file and keep it "safe"?
Post by: Lisandro on April 13, 2011, 02:05:38 PM

What is the program that is opening the flash file? A flv player? A browser?
You can sandbox the program in the paid version.

Title: Re: Can you download a flash file and keep it "safe"?
Post by: Asyn on April 13, 2011, 02:11:10 PM

There's an unresolved 0-day..!!
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=52252.msg628864#msg628864
So, sandboxing (also the program that downloads it, as Tech said) is a good idea, atm. ;)
asyn