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azaries
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago
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Does Dropbox use an antivirus scan or mechanism for our files?

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 ...
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    Walter
    2 years ago

    Hey azaries - sorry to jump in here, but I just wanted to mention that you can find out more information about this in this Help Center article. 

     

    I hope this helps a tad, Steve. 

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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

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