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I DON'T want to mean-mouth McAfee v.5.21.1000 Scan Engine 4.3.20. (I

never paid them for it beyond what Compaq passed on in '00). HOWEVER,

first the auto went-- & now even the MANUAL update of definitions will

no longer work for me, reporting one of the new .dats is corrupt! (Maybe

I needed to take the later Scan Engine 4.4.00, but I didn't care to try

it again; it caused sluggishness once before).

 

ANYHOW, contrary to my worst fears & expectations, McAfee uninstalled

quick & well! It left 3 huge folders behind (easily deleted), but there

wasn't much left in the Registry after it's own uninstall routine (by

the word of InCtrl5)...

 

Keys deleted: 495

Values added: 1

Values deleted: 1475

Values changed: 28

Folders deleted: 16

Files added: 5

Files deleted: 179

Files changed: 13

 

Here is what the install of Avast! 4.7.1001 did...

 

Keys added: 170

Values added: 196

Values changed: 39

Folders added: 19

Files added: 199

Files changed: 17

 

SO... that's a LOT LESS in the Registry! And I installed all of the

"providers"-- Internet Mail, Instant Messaging, P2P Shield, Standard

Shield & WEB Shield, although I suspect I don't actually use IM or P2P.

And things seem lots quicker, even with On-Access Protection turned on &

set high-- only, maybe, posts are coming in a bit slower through

Avast!'s filter. Perhaps I need to set On-Access to low for that. Maybe

its hooks...

 

Keyboard Aswidle.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Aswidle.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

 

CBT Avcommex.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Avcommex.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

 

Mouse Aswidle.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Aswidle.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

 

....are behaving better than McAfee's did.

 

BUT there are problems to be detailed in accompanying posts.

 

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

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    PCR,

     

    I think you may like AVAST! It doesn't appear to be the resource hog McAfee

    is, and as you said, doesn't get it's hooks as deep into the Registry.

     

    You may want to turn off e-mail scanning too. It also has a cool voice that

    tells when an Auto Update has finished with the computer, in addition their

    "Warning-virus detected" is pretty cool too.

     

    --

    HTH,

    Curt

     

    Windows Support Center

    http://www.aumha.org

    Practically Nerded,...

    http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm

     

    "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

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    |I DON'T want to mean-mouth McAfee v.5.21.1000 Scan Engine 4.3.20. (I

    | never paid them for it beyond what Compaq passed on in '00). HOWEVER,

    | first the auto went-- & now even the MANUAL update of definitions will

    | no longer work for me, reporting one of the new .dats is corrupt! (Maybe

    | I needed to take the later Scan Engine 4.4.00, but I didn't care to try

    | it again; it caused sluggishness once before).

    |

    | ANYHOW, contrary to my worst fears & expectations, McAfee uninstalled

    | quick & well! It left 3 huge folders behind (easily deleted), but there

    | wasn't much left in the Registry after it's own uninstall routine (by

    | the word of InCtrl5)...

    |

    | Keys deleted: 495

    | Values added: 1

    | Values deleted: 1475

    | Values changed: 28

    | Folders deleted: 16

    | Files added: 5

    | Files deleted: 179

    | Files changed: 13

    |

    | Here is what the install of Avast! 4.7.1001 did...

    |

    | Keys added: 170

    | Values added: 196

    | Values changed: 39

    | Folders added: 19

    | Files added: 199

    | Files changed: 17

    |

    | SO... that's a LOT LESS in the Registry! And I installed all of the

    | "providers"-- Internet Mail, Instant Messaging, P2P Shield, Standard

    | Shield & WEB Shield, although I suspect I don't actually use IM or P2P.

    | And things seem lots quicker, even with On-Access Protection turned on &

    | set high-- only, maybe, posts are coming in a bit slower through

    | Avast!'s filter. Perhaps I need to set On-Access to low for that. Maybe

    | its hooks...

    |

    | Keyboard Aswidle.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    | SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Aswidle.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    | SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

    |

    | CBT Avcommex.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    | SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Avcommex.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    | SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

    |

    | Mouse Aswidle.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    | SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Aswidle.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    | SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

    |

    | ...are behaving better than McAfee's did.

    |

    | BUT there are problems to be detailed in accompanying posts.

    |

    |

    | --

    | Thanks or Good Luck,

    | There may be humor in this post, and,

    | Naturally, you will not sue,

    | Should things get worse after this,

    | PCR

    | pcrrcp@netzero.net

    |

    |

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    I would lose the Mail Scanner, you don't really need it and it just slows down your

    email. The Resident Scanner should catch anything that you try to open in email.

    IIRC though, Avast does not look for malware in zip files attached to an email,

    unless you actually open the zip. So I question how useful the Email Scanner would

    be considering how Avast scans. Have you tried emailing yourself the EICAR test

    virus in a .zip file, and seeing if the Mail Scanner catches it on download? I

    don't know if it does. I'm not sure if the Mail Scanner works the same way as the

    Resident Scanner, in that regard.

    --

    Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

    http://dts-l.org/

    http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

     

     

    "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

    news:eGwFWiouHHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    >I DON'T want to mean-mouth McAfee v.5.21.1000 Scan Engine 4.3.20. (I

    > never paid them for it beyond what Compaq passed on in '00). HOWEVER,

    > first the auto went-- & now even the MANUAL update of definitions will

    > no longer work for me, reporting one of the new .dats is corrupt! (Maybe

    > I needed to take the later Scan Engine 4.4.00, but I didn't care to try

    > it again; it caused sluggishness once before).

    >

    > ANYHOW, contrary to my worst fears & expectations, McAfee uninstalled

    > quick & well! It left 3 huge folders behind (easily deleted), but there

    > wasn't much left in the Registry after it's own uninstall routine (by

    > the word of InCtrl5)...

    >

    > Keys deleted: 495

    > Values added: 1

    > Values deleted: 1475

    > Values changed: 28

    > Folders deleted: 16

    > Files added: 5

    > Files deleted: 179

    > Files changed: 13

    >

    > Here is what the install of Avast! 4.7.1001 did...

    >

    > Keys added: 170

    > Values added: 196

    > Values changed: 39

    > Folders added: 19

    > Files added: 199

    > Files changed: 17

    >

    > SO... that's a LOT LESS in the Registry! And I installed all of the

    > "providers"-- Internet Mail, Instant Messaging, P2P Shield, Standard

    > Shield & WEB Shield, although I suspect I don't actually use IM or P2P.

    > And things seem lots quicker, even with On-Access Protection turned on &

    > set high-- only, maybe, posts are coming in a bit slower through

    > Avast!'s filter. Perhaps I need to set On-Access to low for that. Maybe

    > its hooks...

    >

    > Keyboard Aswidle.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    > SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Aswidle.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    > SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

    >

    > CBT Avcommex.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    > SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Avcommex.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    > SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

    >

    > Mouse Aswidle.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    > SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Aswidle.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    > SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

    >

    > ...are behaving better than McAfee's did.

    >

    > BUT there are problems to be detailed in accompanying posts.

    >

    >

    > --

    > Thanks or Good Luck,

    > There may be humor in this post, and,

    > Naturally, you will not sue,

    > Should things get worse after this,

    > PCR

    > pcrrcp@netzero.net

    >

    >

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    |I DON'T want to mean-mouth McAfee v.5.21.1000 Scan Engine 4.3.20.

     

    But you already did! ;-))

     

    --

    HTH,

    Curt

     

    Windows Support Center

    http://www.aumha.org

    Practically Nerded,...

    http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm

     

    "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

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    |I DON'T want to mean-mouth McAfee v.5.21.1000 Scan Engine

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    Curt Christianson wrote:

    | PCR,

    |

    | I think you may like AVAST! It doesn't appear to be the resource hog

    | McAfee is, and as you said, doesn't get it's hooks as deep into the

    | Registry.

    |

    | You may want to turn off e-mail scanning too. It also has a cool

    | voice that tells when an Auto Update has finished with the computer,

    | in addition their "Warning-virus detected" is pretty cool too.

     

    Yea, so far I'm happy enough, though still in a discovery stage about

    it. I've given up TWICE trying to read through every help page, though.

    In general, things DO seem to be quicker. I think I can practically

    swear it seems easier to do other things while Avast! is actually

    scanning than it was with McAfee! But I don't want to mean-mouth McAfee!

     

    The sluggishness in synchronizing posts when I've gone online I think

    now is not that the Internet Mail "provider" is on-- but that I'm

    reading them in while Avast! is updating its definitions (iAVS). That

    happens automatically once the NET connection is established & takes

    about 15 minutes. So, two things are happening at once! But I see glee

    also is quizzical of the E-Mail scanner. Also, I know Bear usually is.

    So, soon I must play with Eicar & my E-Mail to see whether there is a

    benefit to using it.

     

    There's no notice that iAVS has started, but a nice one, yea, with a

    voice, when it's done. The first day or two, I was actually clicking the

    iAVS button myself-- & causing Avast! to update the definitions twice in

    a row! Well, the second one would eventually say the definitions already

    were the latest (but not with the voice).

     

    | --

    | HTH,

    | Curt

    |

    | Windows Support Center

    | http://www.aumha.org

    | Practically Nerded,...

    | http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm

    |

    | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

    | news:eGwFWiouHHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    ||I DON'T want to mean-mouth McAfee v.5.21.1000 Scan Engine 4.3.20. (I

    || never paid them for it beyond what Compaq passed on in '00). HOWEVER,

    || first the auto went-- & now even the MANUAL update of definitions

    || will no longer work for me, reporting one of the new .dats is

    || corrupt! (Maybe I needed to take the later Scan Engine 4.4.00, but I

    || didn't care to try it again; it caused sluggishness once before).

    ||

    || ANYHOW, contrary to my worst fears & expectations, McAfee uninstalled

    || quick & well! It left 3 huge folders behind (easily deleted), but

    || there wasn't much left in the Registry after it's own uninstall

    || routine (by the word of InCtrl5)...

    ||

    || Keys deleted: 495

    || Values added: 1

    || Values deleted: 1475

    || Values changed: 28

    || Folders deleted: 16

    || Files added: 5

    || Files deleted: 179

    || Files changed: 13

    ||

    || Here is what the install of Avast! 4.7.1001 did...

    ||

    || Keys added: 170

    || Values added: 196

    || Values changed: 39

    || Folders added: 19

    || Files added: 199

    || Files changed: 17

    ||

    || SO... that's a LOT LESS in the Registry! And I installed all of the

    || "providers"-- Internet Mail, Instant Messaging, P2P Shield, Standard

    || Shield & WEB Shield, although I suspect I don't actually use IM or

    || P2P. And things seem lots quicker, even with On-Access Protection

    || turned on & set high-- only, maybe, posts are coming in a bit slower

    || through Avast!'s filter. Perhaps I need to set On-Access to low for

    || that. Maybe its hooks...

    ||

    || Keyboard Aswidle.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    || SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Aswidle.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    || SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

    ||

    || CBT Avcommex.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    || SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Avcommex.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    || SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

    ||

    || Mouse Aswidle.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    || SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Aswidle.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    || SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

    ||

    || ...are behaving better than McAfee's did.

    ||

    || BUT there are problems to be detailed in accompanying posts.

    ||

    ||

    || --

    || Thanks or Good Luck,

    || There may be humor in this post, and,

    || Naturally, you will not sue,

    || Should things get worse after this,

    || PCR

    || pcrrcp@netzero.net

     

    --

    Thanks or Good Luck,

    There may be humor in this post, and,

    Naturally, you will not sue,

    Should things get worse after this,

    PCR

    pcrrcp@netzero.net

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    glee wrote:

    | I would lose the Mail Scanner, you don't really need it and it just

    | slows down your email. The Resident Scanner should catch anything

    | that you try to open in email. IIRC though, Avast does not look for

    | malware in zip files attached to an email, unless you actually open

    | the zip. So I question how useful the Email Scanner would be

    | considering how Avast scans. Have you tried emailing yourself the

    | EICAR test virus in a .zip file, and seeing if the Mail Scanner

    | catches it on download? I don't know if it does. I'm not sure if

    | the Mail Scanner works the same way as the Resident Scanner, in that

    | regard.

     

    I've been meaning to do that test with E-Mail. OK, thanks, I'll try

    later tonight or tomorrow. I believe I've installed a component of

    Avast! that entirely took over the E-Mail. If no additional protection

    is afforded, I suppose I should uninstall that component-- which I guess

    is the Internet Mail "provider". I'll have to go look at those help

    screens again. Let's see... sheesh, it looks like a lot reading to do!

    I'm not quite sure it applies to me, though, as v.4.5 is prominently

    mentioned! But I do see "START button, Programs, avast! Antivirus, Mail

    Protection Wizard" JUST where the help says it would be. I haven't

    clicked that yet, but...

     

    OK, OK, I'll send myself an E-Mail shortly & get back to you probably

    later today. Thanks.

     

     

    --

    | Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

    | http://dts-l.org/

    | http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

    |

    |

    | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

    | news:eGwFWiouHHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    |>I DON'T want to mean-mouth McAfee v.5.21.1000 Scan Engine 4.3.20. (I

    |> never paid them for it beyond what Compaq passed on in '00). HOWEVER,

    |> first the auto went-- & now even the MANUAL update of definitions

    |> will no longer work for me, reporting one of the new .dats is

    |> corrupt! (Maybe I needed to take the later Scan Engine 4.4.00, but I

    |> didn't care to try it again; it caused sluggishness once before).

    |>

    |> ANYHOW, contrary to my worst fears & expectations, McAfee uninstalled

    |> quick & well! It left 3 huge folders behind (easily deleted), but

    |> there wasn't much left in the Registry after it's own uninstall

    |> routine (by the word of InCtrl5)...

    |>

    |> Keys deleted: 495

    |> Values added: 1

    |> Values deleted: 1475

    |> Values changed: 28

    |> Folders deleted: 16

    |> Files added: 5

    |> Files deleted: 179

    |> Files changed: 13

    |>

    |> Here is what the install of Avast! 4.7.1001 did...

    |>

    |> Keys added: 170

    |> Values added: 196

    |> Values changed: 39

    |> Folders added: 19

    |> Files added: 199

    |> Files changed: 17

    |>

    |> SO... that's a LOT LESS in the Registry! And I installed all of the

    |> "providers"-- Internet Mail, Instant Messaging, P2P Shield, Standard

    |> Shield & WEB Shield, although I suspect I don't actually use IM or

    |> P2P. And things seem lots quicker, even with On-Access Protection

    |> turned on & set high-- only, maybe, posts are coming in a bit slower

    |> through Avast!'s filter. Perhaps I need to set On-Access to low for

    |> that. Maybe its hooks...

    |>

    |> Keyboard Aswidle.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    |> SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Aswidle.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    |> SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

    |>

    |> CBT Avcommex.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    |> SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Avcommex.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    |> SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

    |>

    |> Mouse Aswidle.dll ASHSERV.EXE C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    |> SOFTWARE\AVAST4\Aswidle.dll C:\PROGRAM FILES\ALWIL

    |> SOFTWARE\AVAST4\ASHSERV.EXE

    |>

    |> ...are behaving better than McAfee's did.

    |>

    |> BUT there are problems to be detailed in accompanying posts.

    |>

    |>

    |> --

    |> Thanks or Good Luck,

    |> There may be humor in this post, and,

    |> Naturally, you will not sue,

    |> Should things get worse after this,

    |> PCR

    |> pcrrcp@netzero.net

     

    --

    Thanks or Good Luck,

    There may be humor in this post, and,

    Naturally, you will not sue,

    Should things get worse after this,

    PCR

    pcrrcp@netzero.net

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    Curt Christianson wrote:

    ||I DON'T want to mean-mouth McAfee v.5.21.1000 Scan Engine 4.3.20.

    |

    | But you already did! ;-))

     

    It's fairly well defunct & couldn't handle a .dat-- but that doesn't

    count as a mean-mouthing!

     

    | --

    | HTH,

    | Curt

    |

    | Windows Support Center

    | http://www.aumha.org

    | Practically Nerded,...

    | http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm

    |

    | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

    | news:eGwFWiouHHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    ||I DON'T want to mean-mouth McAfee v.5.21.1000 Scan Engine

     

    --

    Thanks or Good Luck,

    There may be humor in this post, and,

    Naturally, you will not sue,

    Should things get worse after this,

    PCR

    pcrrcp@netzero.net

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    PCR wrote:

    | glee wrote:

    || I would lose the Mail Scanner, you don't really need it and it just

    || slows down your email. The Resident Scanner should catch anything

    || that you try to open in email. IIRC though, Avast does not look for

    || malware in zip files attached to an email, unless you actually open

    || the zip. So I question how useful the Email Scanner would be

    || considering how Avast scans. Have you tried emailing yourself the

    || EICAR test virus in a .zip file, and seeing if the Mail Scanner

    || catches it on download? I don't know if it does. I'm not sure if

    || the Mail Scanner works the same way as the Resident Scanner, in that

    || regard.

    |

    | I've been meaning to do that test with E-Mail. OK, thanks, I'll try

    | later tonight or tomorrow. I believe I've installed a component of

    | Avast! that entirely took over the E-Mail. If no additional protection

    | is afforded, I suppose I should uninstall that component-- which I

    | guess is the Internet Mail "provider". I'll have to go look at those

    | help screens again. Let's see... sheesh, it looks like a lot reading

    | to do! I'm not quite sure it applies to me, though, as v.4.5 is

    | prominently mentioned! But I do see "START button, Programs, avast!

    | Antivirus, Mail Protection Wizard" JUST where the help says it would

    | be. I haven't clicked that yet, but...

    |

    | OK, OK, I'll send myself an E-Mail shortly & get back to you probably

    | later today. Thanks.

     

    Update...

     

    Avast! wouldn't allow me to send "eicar.com", "eicar.com.txt",

    "eicar_com.zip", or "eicarcom2.zip" through E-Mail to myself, until I

    paused the E-Mail provider. Then, they all went & all seemed to get into

    the InBox. I remembered to quickly turn the provider back on-- BUT

    Netzero caught ALL FOUR of them...

     

    .........Quote...........

    Dear NetZero Member,

     

    NetZero detected that an email message you sent may have been infected

    with a virus. This potentially harmful message has not been delivered to

    its intended recipient(s).

     

    Listed below is information about the potentially infected message:

     

    From: <pcrrcp@netzero.net>

    To: "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net>

    Reply-To:pcrrcp@netzero.net

    Sent: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 02:26:48 -0400

    Subject: eicarcom2.zip

    Suspected Virus Name: Eicar-Test-Signature

     

    NetZero is serious about protecting computers from harmful viruses. We

    recommend that you protect yourself and others from computer viruses by

    installing anti-virus software on your computer and checking for

    periodic updates as directed by the software manufacturer.

     

    NetZero has partnered with Symantec Norton Internet Security

    and Norton AntiVirus products with prices starting at $1.95/month.

    For more information and to get your first month FREE, visit

    http://www.netzero.com/security

     

    For additional information on why you received this email, how NetZero

    protects you, and how you can protect yourself from viruses, please

    visit http://www.netzero.com/antivirus

     

    Sincerely,

     

    NetZero Customer Care

     

    Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security are registered trademarks

    of Symantec corporation. All rights reserved.

    ...........EOQ..............

     

    SO... it would have to be something Norton can't catch, I guess, for me

    to know how well Avast! would do! Not sure whether I should uninstall

    the Avast! Internet Mail provider. It doesn't appear to be hurting,

    though I haven't had it going long.

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    Good deal! You've got a few things working overtime for you!

     

    --

    HTH,

    Curt

     

    Windows Support Center

    http://www.aumha.org

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    "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

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    | PCR wrote:

    || glee wrote:

    ||| I would lose the Mail Scanner, you don't really need it and it just

    ||| slows down your email. The Resident Scanner should catch anything

    ||| that you try to open in email. IIRC though, Avast does not look for

    ||| malware in zip files attached to an email, unless you actually open

    ||| the zip. So I question how useful the Email Scanner would be

    ||| considering how Avast scans. Have you tried emailing yourself the

    ||| EICAR test virus in a .zip file, and seeing if the Mail Scanner

    ||| catches it on download? I don't know if it does. I'm not sure if

    ||| the Mail Scanner works the same way as the Resident Scanner, in that

    ||| regard.

    ||

    || I've been meaning to do that test with E-Mail. OK, thanks, I'll try

    || later tonight or tomorrow. I believe I've installed a component of

    || Avast! that entirely took over the E-Mail. If no additional protection

    || is afforded, I suppose I should uninstall that component-- which I

    || guess is the Internet Mail "provider". I'll have to go look at those

    || help screens again. Let's see... sheesh, it looks like a lot reading

    || to do! I'm not quite sure it applies to me, though, as v.4.5 is

    || prominently mentioned! But I do see "START button, Programs, avast!

    || Antivirus, Mail Protection Wizard" JUST where the help says it would

    || be. I haven't clicked that yet, but...

    ||

    || OK, OK, I'll send myself an E-Mail shortly & get back to you probably

    || later today. Thanks.

    |

    | Update...

    |

    | Avast! wouldn't allow me to send "eicar.com", "eicar.com.txt",

    | "eicar_com.zip", or "eicarcom2.zip" through E-Mail to myself, until I

    | paused the E-Mail provider. Then, they all went & all seemed to get into

    | the InBox. I remembered to quickly turn the provider back on-- BUT

    | Netzero caught ALL FOUR of them...

    |

    | ........Quote...........

    | Dear NetZero Member,

    |

    | NetZero detected that an email message you sent may have been infected

    | with a virus. This potentially harmful message has not been delivered to

    | its intended recipient(s).

    |

    | Listed below is information about the potentially infected message:

    |

    | From: <pcrrcp@netzero.net>

    | To: "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net>

    | Reply-To:pcrrcp@netzero.net

    | Sent: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 02:26:48 -0400

    | Subject: eicarcom2.zip

    | Suspected Virus Name: Eicar-Test-Signature

    |

    | NetZero is serious about protecting computers from harmful viruses. We

    | recommend that you protect yourself and others from computer viruses by

    | installing anti-virus software on your computer and checking for

    | periodic updates as directed by the software manufacturer.

    |

    | NetZero has partnered with Symantec Norton Internet Security

    | and Norton AntiVirus products with prices starting at $1.95/month.

    | For more information and to get your first month FREE, visit

    | http://www.netzero.com/security

    |

    | For additional information on why you received this email, how NetZero

    | protects you, and how you can protect yourself from viruses, please

    | visit http://www.netzero.com/antivirus

    |

    | Sincerely,

    |

    | NetZero Customer Care

    |

    | Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security are registered trademarks

    | of Symantec corporation. All rights reserved.

    | ..........EOQ..............

    |

    | SO... it would have to be something Norton can't catch, I guess, for me

    | to know how well Avast! would do! Not sure whether I should uninstall

    | the Avast! Internet Mail provider. It doesn't appear to be hurting,

    | though I haven't had it going long.

    |

    |

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    Curt Christianson wrote:

    | Good deal! You've got a few things working overtime for you!

     

    Yea. Until something untoward happens, I guess I'll let Avast! control

    the E-Mail. DESPITE NetZero claims (rereading its message) that IT

    prevented the messages from being sent-- it was Avast! alerts I saw!

    And, only when I paused Avast!'s Internet Mail Provider were they able

    to get out of the OE Outbox! SO, I guess that's that.

     

    | --

    | HTH,

    | Curt

    |

    | Windows Support Center

    | http://www.aumha.org

    | Practically Nerded,...

    | http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm

    |

    | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message

    | news:%23tJIQ06uHHA.1340@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

    || PCR wrote:

    ||| glee wrote:

    |||| I would lose the Mail Scanner, you don't really need it and it just

    |||| slows down your email. The Resident Scanner should catch anything

    |||| that you try to open in email. IIRC though, Avast does not look for

    |||| malware in zip files attached to an email, unless you actually open

    |||| the zip. So I question how useful the Email Scanner would be

    |||| considering how Avast scans. Have you tried emailing yourself the

    |||| EICAR test virus in a .zip file, and seeing if the Mail Scanner

    |||| catches it on download? I don't know if it does. I'm not sure if

    |||| the Mail Scanner works the same way as the Resident Scanner, in

    |||| that regard.

    |||

    ||| I've been meaning to do that test with E-Mail. OK, thanks, I'll try

    ||| later tonight or tomorrow. I believe I've installed a component of

    ||| Avast! that entirely took over the E-Mail. If no additional

    ||| protection is afforded, I suppose I should uninstall that

    ||| component-- which I guess is the Internet Mail "provider". I'll

    ||| have to go look at those help screens again. Let's see... sheesh,

    ||| it looks like a lot reading to do! I'm not quite sure it applies to

    ||| me, though, as v.4.5 is prominently mentioned! But I do see "START

    ||| button, Programs, avast! Antivirus, Mail Protection Wizard" JUST

    ||| where the help says it would be. I haven't clicked that yet, but...

    |||

    ||| OK, OK, I'll send myself an E-Mail shortly & get back to you

    ||| probably later today. Thanks.

    ||

    || Update...

    ||

    || Avast! wouldn't allow me to send "eicar.com", "eicar.com.txt",

    || "eicar_com.zip", or "eicarcom2.zip" through E-Mail to myself, until I

    || paused the E-Mail provider. Then, they all went & all seemed to get

    || into the InBox. I remembered to quickly turn the provider back on--

    || BUT Netzero caught ALL FOUR of them...

    ||

    || ........Quote...........

    || Dear NetZero Member,

    ||

    || NetZero detected that an email message you sent may have been

    || infected with a virus. This potentially harmful message has not been

    || delivered to its intended recipient(s).

    ||

    || Listed below is information about the potentially infected message:

    ||

    || From: <pcrrcp@netzero.net>

    || To: "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net>

    || Reply-To:pcrrcp@netzero.net

    || Sent: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 02:26:48 -0400

    || Subject: eicarcom2.zip

    || Suspected Virus Name: Eicar-Test-Signature

    ||

    || NetZero is serious about protecting computers from harmful viruses.

    || We recommend that you protect yourself and others from computer

    || viruses by installing anti-virus software on your computer and

    || checking for periodic updates as directed by the software

    || manufacturer.

    ||

    || NetZero has partnered with Symantec Norton Internet Security

    || and Norton AntiVirus products with prices starting at

    || $1.95/month. For more information and to get your first month FREE,

    || visit http://www.netzero.com/security

    ||

    || For additional information on why you received this email, how

    || NetZero protects you, and how you can protect yourself from viruses,

    || please visit http://www.netzero.com/antivirus

    ||

    || Sincerely,

    ||

    || NetZero Customer Care

    ||

    || Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security are registered

    || trademarks of Symantec corporation. All rights reserved.

    || ..........EOQ..............

    ||

    || SO... it would have to be something Norton can't catch, I guess, for

    || me to know how well Avast! would do! Not sure whether I should

    || uninstall the Avast! Internet Mail provider. It doesn't appear to be

    || hurting, though I haven't had it going long.

     

    --

    Thanks or Good Luck,

    There may be humor in this post, and,

    Naturally, you will not sue,

    Should things get worse after this,

    PCR

    pcrrcp@netzero.net

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