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Disabling AV Software - OK? Richard 11-13-2005
Posted by Richard on November 13, 2005, 9:52 am
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I have (the free) AVG installed (with auto-updates) that checks all incoming
and outgoing e-mail for viruses. It was recently posted that by disabling
the e-mail scanner my system will still be protected from viruses. I'm
confused. Is it better to have it 'on' or 'off'? If 'off', what is the
method to do this? Will I still receive auto-updates? Please advise and
thanks in advance. (A great forum monitored by very knowledgeable people.)
Eric



Posted by Steve Winograd [MVP] on November 13, 2005, 11:21 am
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>I have (the free) AVG installed (with auto-updates) that checks all incoming
>and outgoing e-mail for viruses. It was recently posted that by disabling
>the e-mail scanner my system will still be protected from viruses. I'm
>confused. Is it better to have it 'on' or 'off'? If 'off', what is the
>method to do this? Will I still receive auto-updates? Please advise and
>thanks in advance. (A great forum monitored by very knowledgeable people.)
>Eric

Provided that real-time antivirus monitoring is enabled, E-mail
scanning is unnecessary. If you try to open an E-mail attachment
containing a virus, real-time monitoring will stop it. If you don't
try to open the attachment, it can't hurt your computer.

E-mail scanning can cause problems, particularly if you use Outlook
Express. Please see the section "Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause
of Corruption" in this article by Tom Koch:

The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Posted by =?Utf-8?B?UGFuZGFfbWFu?= on November 13, 2005, 12:26 pm
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Just an additions :


Richard ,if you use Outlook Express
open it and click once on Inbox
Then View-Layout and uncheck the Show preview pane .

So,when you receive an email it will not be automatically opened.You'll need
to click on it to open it.Never open emails from people you don't know.Never
open attachments from people you don't know.



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"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> >I have (the free) AVG installed (with auto-updates) that checks all incoming
> >and outgoing e-mail for viruses. It was recently posted that by disabling
> >the e-mail scanner my system will still be protected from viruses. I'm
> >confused. Is it better to have it 'on' or 'off'? If 'off', what is the
> >method to do this? Will I still receive auto-updates? Please advise and
> >thanks in advance. (A great forum monitored by very knowledgeable people.)
> >Eric
>
> Provided that real-time antivirus monitoring is enabled, E-mail
> scanning is unnecessary. If you try to open an E-mail attachment
> containing a virus, real-time monitoring will stop it. If you don't
> try to open the attachment, it can't hurt your computer.
>
> E-mail scanning can cause problems, particularly if you use Outlook
> Express. Please see the section "Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause
> of Corruption" in this article by Tom Koch:
>
> The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>

Posted by Malke on November 13, 2005, 1:09 pm
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Panda_man wrote:

> Just an additions :
>
>
> Richard ,if you use Outlook Express
> open it and click once on Inbox
> Then View-Layout and uncheck the Show preview pane .
>
> So,when you receive an email it will not be automatically
> opened.You'll need to click on it to open it.Never open emails from
> people you don't know.Never open attachments from people you don't
> know.
>
(snip)

Good advice about not opening email attachments, but it should be noted
that one is far likely to receive an infected attachment from someone
one *does* know than from a stranger. As you know, many viruses will
send emails w/viral attachments to everyone in the infected computer's
addressbook. Of course, friends will have their addresses there. So the
proscription should be to not open *any* email attachments unless
expecting them. Even then, there is always the chance of infection if
the virus is one for which no definitions are written yet.

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

Posted by =?Utf-8?B?UGFuZGFfbWFu?= on November 13, 2005, 1:41 pm
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My reply is mixed with your words:

"Malke" wrote:

> Good advice about not opening email attachments, but it should be noted
> that one is far likely to receive an infected attachment from someone
> one *does* know than from a stranger. As you know, many viruses will
> send emails w/viral attachments to everyone in the infected computer's
> addressbook. Of course, friends will have their addresses there. So the
> proscription should be to not open *any* email attachments unless
> expecting them.

Panda_man >> Yes,right.
I was talking about the fact that most emails from unknown person
conatain either virus or are spam/phishing /hoax = unwanted content.


> Even then, there is always the chance of infection if
> the virus is one for which no definitions are written yet.


Panda_man >> Fortunately this doesn't concern Panda Software's customers
with TruPrevent technologies integrated in each Panda product.


Nice computing and day ! :-)

Panda_man
" Let's beat malware black and blue "
" No new epidemics of all kind of malware -> Panda TruPrevent "


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