Re: AVG and e-mail

From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/30/04


Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:50:46 -0600


"Papa" <bikingis@my.fun> wrote in message
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> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> .
>>
>> Email scanning in ANY anti-virus is never a good idea. It provides
>> no added protection and can screw up OE, especially sending and
>> receiving. --
>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
>
> Thanks. I was aware of the absence of added protection in AV programs
> when e-mail scanning is selected, but was hoping to get something
> definitive about the do's and don't's of AVG 7.0. With AVG 6, I
> usually had the e-mail scanning turned off, but it never balked or
> caused problems in OE when I had it turned on.

I have had no problems with AVG 7. Of course I have email scanning turned
off and the email scanner plugin disabled.

-- 
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