give up the conection

hello when i download something my avast say “its a worm” and when I give up the connection the file is on my computer. can I open this file without problems? or it’s better to delete it

I’m a frenchman so my english is not very good but i hope you can understand
thank you

nicolas

Presumably you are talking about the web shield detection, see image, is this what you mean ?

If you choose Abort Connection, the file is usually discarded and blocked from being saved (there are some weird exceptions) but why in the world would you want to open a file flagged as a worm, etc.

If it did get on your system then you would likely get another alert by the standard shield and the safest option is ‘Send to Chest’ (Quarantine).

yes, it is.

thanks for your answer :slight_smile:

No problem, glad I could help.

Happy New Year.

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