Instead, you will have to look on your Mac hard drive or in File Manager or Windows Explorer to find the file again. Although viruses from major shareware sites are almost unheard of, it doesn t hurt to be safe. Use McAffee, F-Prot, Disinfectant, Thunderbyte or Norton. In most cases, either open the checker and type in the pathname to your newly downloaded file, or drag the icon for the new file over the icon for the virus checker and drop it. Decompress the software if necessary.
Some software is compressed, zipped, or stuffed after downloading.
If it cannot decompress itself, use pkunzip, Winzip, or Stuff-It Expander to expand the file. After decompression, run any file that ends in .txt and see what it has to say. Some of these files may give you installation instructions. Install the software. Using your instructions, install the software.