Email Scanning

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi,

Just downloaded Avast Home. Does this AV program automatically scan my incoming and outgoing yahoo mail, or do I have to set it up. If so, how exactly? Sent emails to myself and don’t notice it scanning.

Not to savvy messing with the computer. Might have to go with Mcafee if this is the case.

Thanks for your help in this matter.

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Yahoo is webbased mail, unless you pay for it. No need to scan something that doesn’t come to your system. If you download a attachement or safe a message to your drive, it will be scanned.

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??? Eddy,
¿Am I right in thinking it will be the same for MSN & Hotmail or not?

Thanks.

Cheers :slight_smile: lovelyperson

4

Basicly yes, but hotmail can also be retrieved with OE or Outlook and then it will be slightly different. Perform a search on this board. (almost?) all mail servers and options are already explained in several threads.

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:slight_smile: Eddy,

Thanks for the prompt reply. Will search for the threads.

Enjoy your day.

Cheers :wink: lovelyperson

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Fast replies is what we are famous for on this board ;D
Get used to it if you want to stick around :wink:

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Hotmai/Yahool is not a pop3 email service (unless you pay for pop service), it is web based (so the Internet Mail provider doesn’t directly protect it). Web based email is simply your email being viewed in the same way you browser the internet. The pages (that display your email) are downloaded into your Temporary Internet folder, just like regular web pages and displayed on your browser screen.

The Standard Shield will scan your files (as they are downloaded into your Temporary Internet folder) when sensitivity is set to High. You can round this ‘problem’ using 3rd party applications to download the Hotmail messages through the pop3 server (PopHotmail, for instance)