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Shelly F
A friend who uses MSN MAIL (msn.com) wishes to change from Symantec
antivirus to another one due to problems updating definitions, and has
asked: which one?
I would normally recommend AVG (Grisoft) free version, except for the
following statement on the AVG free site:
Warning: If you work with Webmail (such as hotmail.com, msn.com,
yahoo.com, etc.), you are using your Internet browser (for example, MS
Internet Explorer) only to access your e-mail box, and your
attachments are not downloaded to your computer until you access them.
The main risk that you face in this case comes from e-mail message
attachments. Because of this, your e-mail is not scanned by the
available plug-ins, and scanning of the potentially dangerous
attachments takes place as you access them. We recommend using AVG
Free to check any executable file or MS Office documents that you
receive through electronic mail.
Request advice....she does receive attachments....and does save some
of them to her computer! Windows firewall is on, also..... tia
antivirus to another one due to problems updating definitions, and has
asked: which one?
I would normally recommend AVG (Grisoft) free version, except for the
following statement on the AVG free site:
Warning: If you work with Webmail (such as hotmail.com, msn.com,
yahoo.com, etc.), you are using your Internet browser (for example, MS
Internet Explorer) only to access your e-mail box, and your
attachments are not downloaded to your computer until you access them.
The main risk that you face in this case comes from e-mail message
attachments. Because of this, your e-mail is not scanned by the
available plug-ins, and scanning of the potentially dangerous
attachments takes place as you access them. We recommend using AVG
Free to check any executable file or MS Office documents that you
receive through electronic mail.
Request advice....she does receive attachments....and does save some
of them to her computer! Windows firewall is on, also..... tia