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| 380766 | 2005-08-13 11:42:00 | Hi, I've installed Avast. Does it scan incoming mail using Thunderbird? I know it mentioned Outlook. Thanks Pauline. |
Pauline (641) | ||
| 380767 | 2005-08-13 13:45:00 | Hi, I've installed Avast. Does it scan incoming mail using Thunderbird? I know it mentioned Outlook. Thanks Pauline. I am sorry I don't know. I'm not inclined right now to download and install thunderbird to find out. Avast works for me so far. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 380768 | 2005-08-13 20:59:00 | Hi Elephant, What email programme do you use? Pauline. |
Pauline (641) | ||
| 380769 | 2005-08-13 21:28:00 | Hi Pauline I found this list of Antivirus compatible programs for Thunderbird - here (kb.mozillazine.org s_programs). It looks like it should work fine if you have version 0.9 or 1.0+ of Thunderbird. :) |
Jen (38) | ||
| 380770 | 2005-08-13 22:08:00 | From Avast's website (my emphasis in bold): E-mail/News protection consists of two independent modules; first, there is a generic scanner working on the SMTP/POP3/IMAP4/NNTP protocol level. It is capable of protecting any existing e-mail client that uses these protocols. Second, there is a special plugin for MS Outlook only; the mail scanning is completely transparent, requiring no special settings. I use Eudora myself and it works very well. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 380771 | 2005-08-13 22:16:00 | E-mail/News protection consists of two independent modules; first, there is a generic scanner working on the SMTP/POP3/IMAP4/NNTP protocol level. It is capable of protecting any existing e-mail client that uses these protocols if you run win9x/me it uses the old 127.0.0.1 style of connection for the scanner which seems to be causing me a few problems so back to AVG for me. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 380772 | 2005-08-13 22:45:00 | Avast scans Pegasus emails on WinXP for me. AVG did not. I would think Avast would do Thunderbird, except for Tweak's comment above. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 380773 | 2005-08-14 03:53:00 | Hi, I have had Avast for yonks and use only Tbird and it works fine |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 380774 | 2005-08-14 04:17:00 | Pauline, Yes it does. :) Example A avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0532-5, 12/08/2005 Tested on: 13/08/2005 4:56:05 p.m. avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. Example B avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0532-5, 12/08/2005 Tested on: 13/08/2005 2:07:26 p.m. avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 380775 | 2005-08-14 04:29:00 | Thanks for the replies, I was expecting to see something to say that it was scanning incoming mail or having a verification thing on the email. It did say that it checked Outlook/Exchange. So far I am impressed with it. It found a Trojan that's been in Temp Int files since Nov last year, AVG never showed it up. Pauline. |
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