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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
You're nuts if you think anyone should ever turn off their antivirus and firewall during a download, exposing their machine to whatever nasties may want to get in.
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It is relatively safe to do as long as you exercise CARE.
1) Do it for Known (personally white-listed) sites.
2) Do NO surfing/mail downloading while during that time.
3) Attach no media that has not been previously vetted.
As to 'Firewall', that can usually stay active, but unless you are on a Public WiFi or have opened up ports on your home Router, the 'nasties' can't force their way past NAT at the door.