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" wrote in message
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Well, if you've opened and viewed it, your resident realtime protection
will
have scanned it.

"peejaa" 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" wrote in message
: ...
: Are you saying that you forward without checking what you are
forwarding?
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: Ronald Sommer
:
: "peejaa" wrote in message
: ...
: 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/...ion.mspx#EOAAC
:
: Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email:
: http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
:
: Turn off email scanning in your antivirus softwa
: 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.
:
:
:
: