Absolutely not.

Turning off e-mail scanning is safe. See:

Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...ion.mspx#EOAAC

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
~IB-CA~

"Jo Lee" wrote in message
...
If I disable the email scanning, arent I putting my PC at risk?

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

Start by disabling the e-mail scanning in your anti-virus.

If you still have problems, disable the anti-spam program.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Jo Lee" wrote in message
news
Upon opening, OE6, the following error message appears
Microsoft Visual C+ Runtime Library
C/Program Files/Outlook Express/msins?.exe

Abnormal Program Termination

Trend antivirus and anti spam.
Advice please