Re: I'm about to get a new computer
From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 01/10/05
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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 08:09:52 -0600
1. Set Zone Alarm to allow msimn.exe
2. Turn off email scanning in AVG. It provides no added protection.
The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express
Published: November 18, 2004
By Tom Koch
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
Email scanning slows down Sending and Receiving, sometimes enough that OE
times out. Since some of the received messages have large (often virus)
attachments, which exasperates the problem.
Some Comcast users have found it necessary to totally uninstall Norton and
switch to the free AVG with mail scanning off. Norton invented email
scanning and here's what they say:
"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."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/d4578f66d8f00a0188256d4e006aaa94/4ba5fc8ef939c44c88256c7500723cf0
"...your computer is protected if Auto-Protect is enabled. Auto-Protect
scans any incoming files, including email attachments, when the files are
saved to your hard drive."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2001100907323806
"NAV provides multiple layers of protection. Email scanning is just one of
those layers. Even if you are not running Email Scanning, your computer is
protected against viruses that are distributed as email attachments by NAV
Auto-Protect. Auto-Protect will scan any incoming files, including email
attachments, as they are saved to your hard drive. 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."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/sunset-c2002kb.nsf/f7d6cb402f0b760785256ee600549628/abcba312aed2225285256edd00478dbd?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam
See also
http://help.expedient.com/mailnews/norton_antivirus.shtml
So Symantec used to say this often and clearly. The newer stuff doesn't
have the statement included as it was considered an embarrassment. If you
know anyone who programs for Norton try to get them to talk about it.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx "Blair" <pabm@brachd.fsnet.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message news:%23SOrvWw9EHA.3624@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > > "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message > news:uGtv1Ou9EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... >> "Blair" <pabm@brachd.fsnet.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message >> news:%23%23a8T5t9EHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl >> >> >> > In connection with the above a friend has just downloaded both >> > Zonealarm and AVG and he now cannot send emails! >> > Do you know what settings need to be altered to enable him to send >> > emails again? >> > Blair >> >> Turn off email scanning in AVG (or any other anti-virus). >> >> -- >> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE >> Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email >> http://www.fjsmjs.com >> Protect your PC >> http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx > > Thank you for your reply. > My fiend has now clarified what is happening. > First if he disengages the Zone Alarm he can send and receive emails via > AVG > but when he sends a picture with the email it is returned as non > deliverable. > Secondly if he engages Zone Alarm it will not allow him to connect to the > Internist and therefore he cannot send or receive emails at all. > I am sure both are connected with settings but what settings and where? > Blair > >
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