Re: Re E-mail scanning with AVG

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[<Devil's Advocate> Isn't an embedded graphics file just an attachment that displays in an HTML message?]

Bruce Hagen wrote:
Someone could send you an attachment with a jpg and a virus, but not an
embedded picture with a virus.

"peejaa" <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Bruce

How would you put a file in a message without attaching it? You can
insert a picture, but that would not contain a virus.

Why may not a say jpg file inserted into a message not contain a virus
when the same jpg file as an attachment may?
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"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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AVG scans the attachment the moment you try to open it. If you open an
attachment with a virus, or Trojan, etc., AVG will alert you very
noticeably and most likely tell you that it was caught and you're safe.

How would you put a file in a message without attaching it? You can
insert a picture, but that would not contain a virus.

Sorry for repeating my earlier post on the safety on not using e-mail
scanning.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"peejaa" <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Bruce.

For clarification...so ref an infected attachment...I would be able to
view it ok by opening the e-mail message and then the attachment in the
normal way but AVG would ensure it wouldn't infect my pc by scanning the
attachment?....would that scanning take place before, during or after
opening?...and if it did discover the file was infected what would
happen...would it say so?
This will pertain also if the file instead of being attached was
inserted into the message text?

As for your last question, why would you forward an attachment to
someone if you didn't know what was in it?

...but I may know what was in it.

Turning off e-mail scanning is safe. See:

Yes you sent those to me previously...as per MY e below

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"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Below explains why you do not need e-mail scanning. Your resident
protection is the basics of your AV program.

AVG does protect you if you open an infected attachment regardless of
e-mail scanning being disabled. Note that your AV program protects your
computer from letting a virus in. It does not remove the virus from the
attachment and make it safe for others when forwarded. They must rely
on their AV program to protect them

As for your last question, why would you forward an attachment to
someone if you didn't know what was in it?

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.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"peejaa" <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can you expand -what is my resident real time protection?

So although my AVG program is set to NOT scan incoming e-mail messages
AVG does scan any attached files when I open them?

And, if I did forward on a pic without opening and viewing it THEN I
could send onto to another an infected file?

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"Tom [Pepper] Willett" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well, if you've opened and viewed it, your resident realtime
protection will
have scanned it.

"peejaa" <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No, receive an e-mail that has an attachment, say, a jpg file, view
it
then
forward the e-message together with the attachment to another.

"Ron Sommer" <rsommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Are you saying that you forward without checking what you are
forwarding? --
Ronald Sommer

"peejaa" <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I know Bruce explained to an earlier message that this is not
necessary (see below)....but is there any chance that I could
infect someone else if I just forward an e-message with an
infected attachment ie
before
its
been saved to my hard drive?

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Leave it off, but............

Reinstall AVG and choose Custom Mode. Uncheck E-mail Scanning when
you see
that option. Just unchecking it in the AVG Security Center
usually
causes
a
conflict with the Windows Security Center.

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.

.

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