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azaries's avatar
azaries
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Anti-Virus Scan Within Dropbox

Does Dropbox have back-ground or upload scanning mechanism for files.  i.e. If a file got passed our anti-virus tool on the Desktop, would/does Dropbox scan the uploaded file for viruses?

Thanks

Steve

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  • azaries's avatar
    azaries
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Maybe should have posted this to a different group?

     

    Can this be moved to a more active group, or do I have reinput it all?

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    2 years ago

    Thanks for posting in the Ideas section, azaries

     

    Out of curiosity, what’s your current type of plan?

     

    I’m asking because, if you’re on a Business team, you may be interested in this Security add-on

     

    Let me know if you believe it’d help with what you want to achieve.

  • azaries's avatar
    azaries
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Hi Nancy,

    Chatted online and  confirmed that we had Advance, so automatically comes with the Security Add-on.  I was searching for AV and missed this, so apologies.

     

    I would still like to know what happens IF a malware file made it into Dropbox (maybe a brand new virus).  Would all our Dropbox files get corrupted? What protections are there in Dropbox to stop infection of all our files?

    Thank you

    Steve

  • rparvu's avatar
    rparvu
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    Would be interesting to know what antivirus products support online scanning of the Dropbox.

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