I am new to this program and up till now have managed to download mp3,s with no problem. However every time I download a program zip file and unzip it there is a virus -worm/vb,ccl shows up with my avg , this has happened with every program except old programs that are no use. Can anybody throw any light on this problem so I can start sharing some usefull files.

Thanks
Bob Armstrong

1st ignore files less than 1 MB (1,000 KB) as they're mostly either spam or viruses. Downlding programs is a tough topic, as we can only speak minimally about it in the open forum for legal reasons (& also the forum rules.) There are programs out there that aren't affected. It helps if you have some idea of the what size the program should be. Then Arrange search results by size (click on link) & see if you can find one in the size area you know it should be.

The file you're after may not necessarily be a zip but might be shared as a rar file.

Some programs require the original CD to install. So that tells you a couple of things. One the file size will probably be reasonably large & two, that the file you're looking for "might" be shared as a CD image.