With AVG, to disable email scanning, it's recommended that you uninstall the
program, reboot, and then reinstall, using the option to do a "Custom"
install and omit the email scanning. With the "Resident Shield" installed
and hopefully updated on a regular basis, any attempt to open or save an
infected file, would provide a warning about the file status. You would not
need another AV program and using more than one can create a host of
problems. Don't even think about doing that.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Windows Mail Apps
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
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"Andy" [email protected] wrote in message
...
Hi,

Please excuse my confusion. I have AVG. I would like to turn off E-Mail
Scanning.
Would I then have to save an attachment and scan it manually to remain
protected, as some seem to suggest?
Would I need to have Norton installed, as others seem to recommend?

Andy I.


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
: For some reason, just unchecking it in the security center causes a
conflict
: with the Windows Security Center. I always advise people that are
currently
: using AVG to remove it and reinstall it in Custom mode and uncheck
e-mail
: scanning during the install as others have already suggested.
: --
: Bruce Hagen
: MS-MVP Outlook Express
: ~IB-CA~
:
: "JMF" wrote in message
: ...
: Sorry to be paranoid and ask for extra confirmation on this, but I
want
to
: be absolutely sure. I read this post yesterday:
:
: Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a
redundant
: layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of
problems
: such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V
: program
: will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
:
: Personally, I use AVG Free for my anti-virus program, and it hasn't
let
: me
: down yet, and I have had it for two years.
: --
: Bruce Hagen
: MS-MVP Outlook Express
: ~IB-CA~
:
: I have AVG Free, too, and just turned off the e-mail scanner, and AVG
: complained, saying the E-Mail Scanner is not fully functional.
:
: From what Bruce wrote in his post, this should be okay. Do I have it
: right?
:
: Thanks,
:
: John
:
:
: