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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~
Here again. to Alias. If I disable Zone Alarm from checking e-mails for
spam/virus - what will help me avoid virus getting into the computer?
Norm.
"Alias" wrote:
Norm75 wrote:
> I have Windows XP and OE6. Am using a wireless connection on ADSL which
> works
> fine with IE. However, on occasion I must restart my notebook to make
> the
> connection for OE. To check my mail, I get an error in connection.
> After
> rebooting, it usually works fine. Recently, I did install ZoneAlarm
> PRo - not
> sure if that is a problem.
>
> An annoyance so your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Norm.
If you have Zone Alarm checking your emails for spam/viri, disabling
could fix your problem. The feature does not provide additional
protection.
Re: Outlook Express 6.0 server connection failed messages ...Troubleshooting error messages that you receive when you are using OL and OE ...Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. ...Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that are distributed as email attachments. ... 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. ... (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
Re: Cannot send email out, help ...Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. ... that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection,... Two ISP server connections have the same problem. ... (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
Re: Outlook Exp cannot see messages ...disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. ...Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that are distributed as email attachments. ... 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. ... Move them to local folders created for this purpose. ... (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
Re: Opening first email takes a while ... It was first marketed by Norton in an attempt to boost sales by making people think they would be safer, and even Norton says it is not necessary. ... 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. ... 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. ... (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
Re: Cannot send data - IE & Outlook ...Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. ...Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that are distributed as email attachments. ... 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. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
