(PeteCresswell) said:
Per Bruce Hagen:
"And NEVER open an attachment directly from your email. ALWAYS
save it to your desktop (or another easily accessible folder) and
scan it with your anti-virus program before opening it."
Seems to imply that not running the email scan could result in a
virus/worm/whatever getting through if the user does not follow
the above admonition - and just double-clicks on the attachment
while it is in the email.
Have I got it right?
I don't worry very much about attachments unless they are from a really
unknown source. But your AV program protects you anyway. Here's more.
Turning off e-mail scanning is safe. See:
Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx#EOAAC
Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email:
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm
Turn off email scanning in your antivirus software:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
And this is from Symantec, but applies to all anti-virus programs.
From:
http://snipurl.com/bmf6
Is my computer still protected against viruses if I disable Email
Scanning?
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses
that are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect
scans incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email
and email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of
this. To make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection,
keep Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you
have the most recent virus definitions.