We are a small non-profit with a couple of websites, running off of our own server without state-of-the-art spam/virus protection. It is not unusual for me to get 300+ pieces of spam everyday. I am giving Avast a trial run.
This morning there were over 90 infected files. For each one, I had to sit there and click-- not once, but twice-- to delete the offending message. And Avast insured that I could not do anything else while this was going on, by shooting pop-ups in front of me, for each and every infected e-mail. It took almost 5 minutes to get my e-mail, and needless to say, I am irritated.
Is there any way to configure Avast so that it simply deletes infected e-mails?? I have looked around, can’t find anything.
What version of the trial are you using Home or Pro?
If you are using the home edition, if you qualify for its non-commercial usage. The nearest is silent mode to send them to the chest, in the advanced section of the Internet Mail provider, etc.
Don’t get irritated get serious about protection, these advanced automated options are only available in the Pro version.
You only have a limited option in the Home (free) version, to send the infected file to the virus Chest (silent mode, with general answer no). My own feelings on this is you should use the default interactive action. This way you know exactly what is going on with your system. If you are getting so many warnings, that you want to automate this process, I believe you should review your security practice.
Security Review
If you are regularly getting these infected emails, so as to be intrusive and not wanting to be notified about them, perhaps it is time to review your PC security. Rather than treat the symptoms, treat the disease. You can intercept these emails at source (your mail server) and delete them there, rather than download them.
I use MailWasher Pro, although it is primarily for Spam it is also easy to deal with suspicious emails. There is a free version, but this only works with a single email account. The Pro version works with multiple accounts.
In Home version you can check the option “Don’t show this window again” as soon as the first virus warning appears, and click on “No action” button. This way, nothing will be done and you will be presented the results at the end (and you can perform actions from there).
Oh, Home version is for Home non-commercial use only.
You can use Silent Mode: Left click the ‘a’ blue icon.
It will start On-access protection
Click on Internet Mail and then on Customize.
Go to Advanced tab and select Silent Mode and the default answer No. This will send the file (email) to Chest.
Do the same for the and Outlook/Exchange plugin.
The answer Yes in Silent Mode keeps the virus in the file or into the message (attach) and continue the scanning. You can’t configure ‘delete the infected file’ in the Home version.