Create a centralized folder for all files that you download from the internet. It is simple to do and there are many good reasons why it should be done. Here are just a few:

• This makes it easy to categorize and find downloaded files
• Saving files to this location allows you to scan the Download folder for viruses in one step.
• You will always know that the files contained here were downloaded.
• You will always know where to find files you have downloaded.

Many popular browsers automatically come with a default download location.  You may want to go into the options for the browser and check the box to prompt you for a file location for downloading.  In Chrome, this is in the options menu section "Under the Hood".  Internet Explorer currently requires you to drop down the arrow to the right of the Save button in order to select your own location.  We disagree with this design and recommend that they put in an option to make "Save As..." the default action.

Follow these steps when you are prompted to download a file from the internet:

1. Choose Save this file to disk.
2. Drop down the Save In box and select the drive you want to save downloaded files on (C:).
3. If you don't already have a download folder, create it by clicking the new folder button and enter "Download" for the name.
4. Double-click on the Download folder.
5. Create a new folder for the category of file you are saving. For example, make a folder called PC Mobile Help for files downloaded from this site.
6. Double-click on the new folder.
7. Press the Save button to download the file to disk.
8. Immediately scan the Download folder for viruses. Include "sub-folders" or "child folders". Note: files downloaded in this manner cannot hurt your computer unless you run them without scanning them first.

Shown below is an example of a typical Download folder on Drive C:

The download folder contains a folder for drivers. The Drivers folder contains folders for different devices that I might download drivers for. The Printers folder contains folders for different printer manufacturers, and so on.