LeLe, so far today no “overruns” but I did not get a lot of mail so not sure yet what the status is. One question: you mentioned not checking the “scan archived msg” box, I can’t seem to find that option in the Internet Mail On-Access config screens, can you tell me where that option is?

I am using Thunderbird as a mail client and I think you are using Outlook express so I am not sure that this problem is mail client related. Until we find an actual email that causes this problem I guess it is all idle speculation as what initiated it. I had been using avast for about three weeks with no problem and then the problem just popped out of the blue this weekend. It appears a few others also encountered the overrun roughly in the same timeframe based on the posts to this forum. That is why I believe it is probably one of two things:

  1. A new type of html message or virus, or
  2. Caused by the MS critical updates we all just installed.

I have set up my mail client to not delete my mail on the pop server after downloading so that I have a second chance at getting it all again in the event I get another crash using avast. Murphy’s law tells me I will have to wait a few days to get tihs to repeat but I am willing to wait if that what it takes to get a solution. Up to this point I have been real impressed with avast particularly for email scanning in conjuction with Spampal so I really hope I do not have to abandon it now.

Thanks for the kind words CharleyO, I have no other stake in determining the cause other than getting my avast to work again!

Sean D