Flash videos are one of the most common content we can find on websites, at least until some time ago. However, security experts have begun to warn about the risk they pose for most users. Many cybercriminals use them to get malicious software onto our PCs. And for that reason, it is convenient that we are forewarned with Flash Disinfector.

Flash Disinfector is a tool with a double function, firstly as a searcher of viruses that could have entered your computer through the contents of Flash, and secondly, as a remover of all these dangers for your computer. Once you have installed and run it, you will find yourself with a platform, thanks to which you will avoid any risk of infecting your content in this silly and avoidable way.

How it works

The best thing about Flash Disinfector is that if you have this small program, you won't need to run the antivirus on all the files stored on your computer after being exposed to Flash content. And the fact is that this application takes much less time to detect these possible dangers, putting us safe in just a few seconds and also consuming much fewer resources than any antivirus.

Flash Disinfector can detect most, if not all, malicious software that enters our PC when we watch Flash videos, among which we can mention worms, Trojans, or viruses. Its database, which is being expanded over time, supports detecting and removing common dangers, such as VBS/RESULOWS or W32/Perlovga.

Something you have to keep in mind if you want Flash Disinfector to be effective is that it is advisable to run it as soon as you have just had contact with Flash and its videos because if you let time pass, you run the risk that the viruses will act. We recommend running this tool every time you have opened such content, although this is up to each user.

In addition, Flash Disinfector can work on infections that may have affected your hard drive and is a cross-platform service that can also clean external memories, portable disks, or pen drives. This is very important because we often believe that we have gotten rid of a worm, Trojan, or virus when it does not appear on the PC but is still on our external devices.

After performing a scan on your PC, Flash Disinfector will show you a kind of report in which you will be able to see the different elements that it has detected, and according to the color that shades each one of them, the risk that you run. If you notice some hazardous elements inside your computer, you must eliminate them immediately.

Flash Disinfector's user interface is rather typical since it doesn't have too many elements from those found in any basic program to analyze and detect dangerous files. Its summaries and reports are seen in list format, highlighting, as we said, the potential danger of each content by its color and not much more.

To take into account

Suppose you want to increase the security that Flash Disinfector can offer you. In that case, a tip we can give you is that whenever you come across a Flash video that does not play automatically but shows the Play button, pay special attention. Generally, this is an unmistakable symptom that we are in the presence of something dangerous.

On top of that, Flash Disinfector can also work as a portable program, which means that you will be spared the always annoying process of having to install it before using it, something especially attractive in case you want to use this application on several PCs on the same day.

The best thing

Probably the most newsworthy virtue of Flash Disinfector is that it allows us to be sure that we will not be affected by a prevalent type of infection that we do not usually pay attention to, such as the one that generally attacks us through the Flash content.

The worst thing

Flash Disinfector fulfills everything it promises, although, in this section in which we always try to make some constructive criticism, we can say that we would also like to perform real-time monitoring for more excellent protection instead of having to run it every time we want to remove this type of malicious content.

Rating

Here we must be categorical: if you are exposed to Flash, videos, or content, and you are not in the habit of using your antivirus frequently, Flash Disinfector is a small security assistant that you should count on as soon as possible.