PA Bear and Outlook Express

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daphne

Hi,

It worked to disable my anti virus email scan. Why would
this suddenly happen. Do you know if I can turn it back
on or how to make sure I don't get emialed a virus now?


Thanks!!!!
 
You need to reconfigure your antivirus to properly scan your e-mail account.
The Help file, and/or the Homepage of the manufacturer should be of help there.
--

Cheers, Tony

NOTE: Please reply to the group, and not to me personally.
E-mail address is void.
 
Here is my standard blurb on this point. This one refers to McAfee but there is
a similar notice on the Norton site.
There have also been MANY MANY reports of McAfee's email scan and auto-update
facilities corrupting Outlook Express's data folders (*.dbx) causing massive
loss of email, particularly from the Inbox. If you must use this program, make
sure that OE is NOT set to go directly to your Inbox when opening.
McAfee have admitted there is a problem, and is referring its users to DBXtract:
http://www.mcafeehelp.com/faq.asp?docid=60743&CategoryId=269&chat

This is what McAfee now says about using Email scan:
"You don't have to worry about the e-mail scan as this is a corporate
feature -requiring Outlook 2000 and a mail server such as Exchange server.
Unless you meet the criteria you should make sure that it is disabled. As long
as you have the Download scan and Internet filter enabled you'll be just fine as
these two options effectively checks anything downloaded -including e-mails. I
hope this answers your question. Remember e-mail scan is for corporate users
only".
Of course they don't even mention the fact that, as long as your system scan is
running, a virus will be detected when you try to open or save the file anyway.


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George (Bindar Dundat)
This information is provided "AS IS"
It may even be wrong!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spam.asp
| Hi,
|
| It worked to disable my anti virus email scan. Why would
| this suddenly happen. Do you know if I can turn it back
| on or how to make sure I don't get emialed a virus now?
|
|
| Thanks!!!!
 
The bit about McAfee e-mail scan doesn't apply to Norton, or to any other antivirus, for that
matter.
As you quoted yourself: "As long as you have the (McAfee) Download scan and Internet filter
enabled you'll be just fine as these two options effectively check anything downloaded -including
e-mails"

If on the other hand you disable *Norton* antivirus e-mail scan, your e-mails won't be scanned -
period!
Why not have that extra layer of protection?
--

Cheers, Tony

NOTE: Please reply to the group, and not to me personally.
E-mail address is void.





That
 
"Disabling email protection does not leave you vulnerable to viruses and
malicious software in email. It is a separate layer of protection in addition to
Auto-Protect. Auto-Protect scans any incoming files, including email, as they
are saved to your hard drive. As long as you keep your virus definitions up to
date with LiveUpdate, and keep Auto-Protect enabled and set to scan files as
they are created or downloaded, your system is fully protected" from
http://service4.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2000020716064206&src=w
Last article on the page. But thanks for reminding me to add that to the "can"
--
George (Bindar Dundat)
This information is provided "AS IS"
It may even be wrong!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spam.asp
| The bit about McAfee e-mail scan doesn't apply to Norton, or to any other
antivirus, for that
| matter.
| As you quoted yourself: "As long as you have the (McAfee) Download scan and
Internet filter
| enabled you'll be just fine as these two options effectively check anything
downloaded -including
| e-mails"
|
| If on the other hand you disable *Norton* antivirus e-mail scan, your e-mails
won't be scanned -
| period!
| Why not have that extra layer of protection?
| --
|
| Cheers, Tony
|
| NOTE: Please reply to the group, and not to me personally.
| E-mail address is void.
|
|
|
|
|
| That
| | > Here is my standard blurb on this point. This one refers to McAfee but
there is
| > a similar notice on the Norton site.
| > There have also been MANY MANY reports of McAfee's email scan and
auto-update
| > facilities corrupting Outlook Express's data folders (*.dbx) causing massive
| > loss of email, particularly from the Inbox. If you must use this program,
make
| > sure that OE is NOT set to go directly to your Inbox when opening.
| > McAfee have admitted there is a problem, and is referring its users to
DBXtract:
| > http://www.mcafeehelp.com/faq.asp?docid=60743&CategoryId=269&chat
| >
| > This is what McAfee now says about using Email scan:
| > "You don't have to worry about the e-mail scan as this is a corporate
| > feature -requiring Outlook 2000 and a mail server such as Exchange server.
| > Unless you meet the criteria you should make sure that it is disabled. As
long
| > as you have the Download scan and Internet filter enabled you'll be just
fine as
| > these two options effectively checks anything downloaded -including e-mails.
I
| > hope this answers your question. Remember e-mail scan is for corporate users
| > only".
| > Of course they don't even mention the fact that, as long as your system scan
is
| > running, a virus will be detected when you try to open or save the file
anyway.
| >
| >
| > --
| > George (Bindar Dundat)
| > This information is provided "AS IS"
| > It may even be wrong!
| > http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spam.asp
| > | > | Hi,
| > |
| > | It worked to disable my anti virus email scan. Why would
| > | this suddenly happen. Do you know if I can turn it back
| > | on or how to make sure I don't get emialed a virus now?
| > |
| > |
| > | Thanks!!!!
| >
|
|
 
Don't worry about it Daphne; email scanning as promoted by Norton and McAfee
is nothing more than a marketing trick, and is not necessary as both
companies have admitted.
 
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