I have the free version of Avast! running - very well, I must say. I have a problem with GMail in that I cannot download any kind of attachments and when I say any, I mean any eg .doc;s pdf’s. I also have the Windows Spyware Beta and rthe Windows Firewall and that is it. I also have XP with SP2.
Is there any possibility that my problem might be avast! related and if so what can I do?
GMail is very selective about the attachments that it lets through. You can only really send pictures and documents as attachments. I (therefore) highly doubt that it is avast related. Try and zip your attachments before you send them.
ZIP doesn’t solve anything. You can review ZIP files even if they are encrypted.
Use RAR or ACE instead and see if you can send/recieve it (doc or pdf file).
I just tried, and no problems with sending/receiving gmail attachments at all. Everything works perfect. I did try with .doc and .pdf files, and doesn’t matter what file size is the file I’m trying to send, every time works without a problem.
As you may have already noticed, avast! even doesn’t check your gmail account by default. Gmail uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer protocol) and avast! doesn’t support it. So, I don’t see how avast can stop your attachments from being delivered (sent/received).