Since reading here numerous times that e-mail scanning is redundant and can
even cause problems with OE I turned the scanner off (AVG 8 Free).

Having become sensitised to this issue I noticed that all anti-virus
applications promote the virtues of e-mail scanning.

How can the manufacturers be persuaded to at least insert a proviso that
e-mail scanning is not always ("never" would be too ambitious) required?

What about Microsoft's stance, given the huge user base it has for e-mail
clients?

DAS
--
To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---

Remove AVG and reinstall in a custom mode. You will see a point when you can
opt out of e-mail scanning.

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.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
Since reading here numerous times that e-mail scanning is redundant and
can even cause problems with OE I turned the scanner off (AVG 8 Free).

Having become sensitised to this issue I noticed that all anti-virus
applications promote the virtues of e-mail scanning.

How can the manufacturers be persuaded to at least insert a proviso that
e-mail scanning is not always ("never" would be too ambitious) required?

What about Microsoft's stance, given the huge user base it has for e-mail
clients?

DAS
--
To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---

I turned off e-mail scanner and when I tried sending again,scanner started
right back,,,symantec,,,It also continued to run long after file was sent.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Remove AVG and reinstall in a custom mode. You will see a point when you can
opt out of e-mail scanning.

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.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
Since reading here numerous times that e-mail scanning is redundant and
can even cause problems with OE I turned the scanner off (AVG 8 Free).

Having become sensitised to this issue I noticed that all anti-virus
applications promote the virtues of e-mail scanning.

How can the manufacturers be persuaded to at least insert a proviso that
e-mail scanning is not always ("never" would be too ambitious) required?

What about Microsoft's stance, given the huge user base it has for e-mail
clients?

DAS
--
To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---

Like the OP, you /must/ uninstall your Symantec AV program and do a custom
installation, opting out of e-mail scanning when it arises. Norton/Symantec
e-mail scanning can not be disabled completely otherwise.

Personally, I would not have anything made by Norton/Symantec on any machine
of mine.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"wildcatgolfer" wrote in message
...
I turned off e-mail scanner and when I tried sending again,scanner started
right back,,,symantec,,,It also continued to run long after file was sent.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Remove AVG and reinstall in a custom mode. You will see a point when you
can
opt out of e-mail scanning.

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.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
Since reading here numerous times that e-mail scanning is redundant and
can even cause problems with OE I turned the scanner off (AVG 8 Free).

Having become sensitised to this issue I noticed that all anti-virus
applications promote the virtues of e-mail scanning.

How can the manufacturers be persuaded to at least insert a proviso
that
e-mail scanning is not always ("never" would be too ambitious)
required?

What about Microsoft's stance, given the huge user base it has for
e-mail
clients?

DAS
--
To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---

I'm following you now,,,thanks Bruce

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Like the OP, you /must/ uninstall your Symantec AV program and do a custom
installation, opting out of e-mail scanning when it arises. Norton/Symantec
e-mail scanning can not be disabled completely otherwise.

Personally, I would not have anything made by Norton/Symantec on any machine
of mine.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"wildcatgolfer" wrote in message
...
I turned off e-mail scanner and when I tried sending again,scanner started
right back,,,symantec,,,It also continued to run long after file was sent.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Remove AVG and reinstall in a custom mode. You will see a point when you
can
opt out of e-mail scanning.

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.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
Since reading here numerous times that e-mail scanning is redundant and
can even cause problems with OE I turned the scanner off (AVG 8 Free).

Having become sensitised to this issue I noticed that all anti-virus
applications promote the virtues of e-mail scanning.

How can the manufacturers be persuaded to at least insert a proviso
that
e-mail scanning is not always ("never" would be too ambitious)
required?

What about Microsoft's stance, given the huge user base it has for
e-mail
clients?

DAS
--
To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---

1) Regarding my AVG antivirus, I have already turned off the e-mail scanner
and I note the advice of how to eliminate the error msg. I think this
suggestion was made before but I haven't yet implemented it as the AVG error
msg doesn't actually bother me.


2) Bruce, why would you not have a Symantec application on your machine?
NAV regularly gets good reviews from computer mags and the 2009 version even
gets plaudits for having been shrunk. I used to have Norton SystemWorks,
which worked well, but they stopped making it.

On the other hand, Norton 360 got great reviews but a search of forums
turned up a host of crticial user comment so I never bought it.

I am still running SystemWorks 2004 on my son's computer. Because it was a
clean install (and because it was 2004 version) it did not demand a
confirmatory licence from Symantec, so it will run for a year.


DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"wildcatgolfer" wrote in message
...
I'm following you now,,,thanks Bruce

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Like the OP, you /must/ uninstall your Symantec AV program and do a
custom
installation, opting out of e-mail scanning when it arises.
Norton/Symantec
e-mail scanning can not be disabled completely otherwise.

Personally, I would not have anything made by Norton/Symantec on any
machine
of mine.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"wildcatgolfer" wrote in
message
...
I turned off e-mail scanner and when I tried sending again,scanner
started
right back,,,symantec,,,It also continued to run long after file was
sent.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Remove AVG and reinstall in a custom mode. You will see a point when
you
can
opt out of e-mail scanning.

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.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
Since reading here numerous times that e-mail scanning is redundant
and
can even cause problems with OE I turned the scanner off (AVG 8
Free).

Having become sensitised to this issue I noticed that all anti-virus
applications promote the virtues of e-mail scanning.

How can the manufacturers be persuaded to at least insert a proviso
that
e-mail scanning is not always ("never" would be too ambitious)
required?

What about Microsoft's stance, given the huge user base it has for
e-mail
clients?

DAS
--
To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---

Simply put, email scanning is a marketing gimmick. (Email scanning on a
server is a horse of a different color.)

Dori A Schmetterling wrote:
Since reading here numerous times that e-mail scanning is redundant and
can
even cause problems with OE I turned the scanner off (AVG 8 Free).

Having become sensitised to this issue I noticed that all anti-virus
applications promote the virtues of e-mail scanning.

How can the manufacturers be persuaded to at least insert a proviso that
e-mail scanning is not always ("never" would be too ambitious) required?

What about Microsoft's stance, given the huge user base it has for e-mail
clients?

DAS

A couple of the anti-virus apps even append the msg that an outgoing msg has
been scanned. (It certainly sounds good.)

I guess Microsoft would not issue advice to stop e-mail scanning.

sigh
DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Simply put, email scanning is a marketing gimmick. (Email scanning on a
server is a horse of a different color.)

Dori A Schmetterling wrote:
Since reading here numerous times that e-mail scanning is redundant and
can
even cause problems with OE I turned the scanner off (AVG 8 Free).

Having become sensitised to this issue I noticed that all anti-virus
applications promote the virtues of e-mail scanning.

How can the manufacturers be persuaded to at least insert a proviso that
e-mail scanning is not always ("never" would be too ambitious) required?

What about Microsoft's stance, given the huge user base it has for e-mail
clients?

DAS

Dori
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
A couple of the anti-virus apps even append the msg that an outgoing msg has been
scanned. (It certainly sounds good.)

I guess Microsoft would not issue advice to stop e-mail scanning.

sigh
DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Simply put, email scanning is a marketing gimmick. (Email scanning on a server
is a horse of a different color.)

Dori A Schmetterling wrote:
Since reading here numerous times that e-mail scanning is redundant and can
even cause problems with OE I turned the scanner off (AVG 8 Free).

Having become sensitised to this issue I noticed that all anti-virus
applications promote the virtues of e-mail scanning.

How can the manufacturers be persuaded to at least insert a proviso that
e-mail scanning is not always ("never" would be too ambitious) required?

What about Microsoft's stance, given the huge user base it has for e-mail
clients?

DAS

It may sound good, but it isn't. Some viruses even insert that text in
their virus laden messages. So you can't trust any message that says it
has been scanned.

Outgoing scanning on a PC is even more worthless than incoming. If a PC
is already infected, the anti-virus software is compromised and can't be
trusted to properly catch any virus.

As PA Bear says, e-mail scanning belongs on the mail server where it can
be properly done and is far more effective.

--

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



"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
A couple of the anti-virus apps even append the msg that an outgoing
msg has been scanned. (It certainly sounds good.)

I guess Microsoft would not issue advice to stop e-mail scanning.

sigh
DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
Simply put, email scanning is a marketing gimmick. (Email scanning
on a server is a horse of a different color.)

Dori A Schmetterling wrote:
Since reading here numerous times that e-mail scanning is redundant
and can
even cause problems with OE I turned the scanner off (AVG 8 Free).

Having become sensitised to this issue I noticed that all anti-virus
applications promote the virtues of e-mail scanning.

How can the manufacturers be persuaded to at least insert a proviso
that
e-mail scanning is not always ("never" would be too ambitious)
required?

What about Microsoft's stance, given the huge user base it has for
e-mail
clients?

DAS