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Hi mrckmn,
Avast email scanner does not support webbased mail (as its on a server rather then a client app)
However the avast standard shield and webshield should pick up viruses if they try to initiate in your browser while your reading your webbased mail (hotmail etc).
But when I updated to the latest beta version this morning ( 4.6.601 ) I noticed that the service was listed again in the applications in the firewall, and also in the taskmanager area of running applications. How and why is this possible ?
When you updated to the latest BETA you reinstalled avast, so the email scanner was re-initiated.
However uninstalling the specific providers should solve this, for this go to control panel>Add/change programs>avast>change/remove>change, then uncheck the email providers that you don’t want.
–lee