Before you download, open, or share files from the internet, you need to be sure they’re safe. And how do you do that? I simply use a file scanner to check for known threats like malware ...

On Windows 11, you can use the Microsoft Defender Antivirus to scan individual files and folders to make sure they are not infected, and I'll show you four methods.

This guide will show you how to check if a program exe file is malicious or not before installation. Using a scanner with multiple antivirus engines is the best way!

Some have had Google Files' document scanner for a while now Google is only rolling it out more widely now Google first started rolling the scanner to Files back in December 2023.

Google's file storage app now has a built-in scanner just for Android users.

Windows Update Offline Scan file will be available alongside the WU offline scan file, Wsusscan.cab. This move will help Microsoft overcome the size limitations of the .cab file extension.