Win XP Pro with SP2 and all the updates, Hotfixes etc.
avast Home Edition Build Oct 2006 (4.7.892)
VPS file compilation date: 13/01/07, File version: 0703-0
Mailwasher Pro 5.3
S&D
Ad-Aware
Thunderbird
Firefox
When I check my email through Mailwasher Pro and mark all the SPAM and unsolicited emails as ‘blacklisted’ and process the email, I get an window saying that this message is a “Suspicious Message” and the options are “Continue” and “Don’t Send”. I always select “Continue”.
Is this the correct way of handling these messages?
Also, it would be good to be able to search “Threads” for a query like mine, so as not to duplicate [or more] the same queries.
Since you tell us this is affecting mail that is being sent the advice from Tech in this thread could well be a good place to start looking for a match to the exact details of the message you are seeing.
I use MailWasher Pro and I have it ignored in the email scanner.
By editing the avast4.ini file, [MailScanner] section using a text editor like notepad. It is best to save a copy of avast4.ini to another location in case of any problem, you can then copy the original back.
MailWasher doesn’t download the complete email to do its analysis, it only downloads the headers, a small part of the body, it doesn’t download images or attachments and it views what is downloaded in text only. Based on this I personally don’t feel that any negligible risk worth scanning duplication, but the choice is yours.
[MailScanner]
IgnoreProcess=MailWasher.exe add this line if you don’t already have an IgnoreProcess line.
Thank you all for the advice. I have taken your advice and will see what happens. Trouble is, I’m still on dial-up and it takes forever to get anything done.
, I tried attaching a screen dump of that message I get after each and every email that I “blacklist” through MW Pro, but it just would not work. I tried this morning and then just now - but same result.
Each Avast message is accompanied by a verbal “Caution”.
It looks like my Yahoo email address has somehow been compromised and I get an average of 40 SPAM/Bulk/“Not to me” emails on a daily basis - for the last 8 months!!!
If you have successfully excluded mailwasher.exe then you shouldn’t be getting them, the mail scanners shouldn’t be monitoring mailwasher traffic ?
Suspicious messages are usually accompanied with why avast thinks it suspicious, what reason was given ?
Check the avast! Log Viewer (right click the avast icon), Warning section, this contains information on all avast detections.
Blacklisting individual email addresses is a waste of effort as they are most frequently faked and a moving target.
Why wouldn’t it work, what happened, errors, etc. ?
What exactly are you trying ?
Alt + PrintScreen should copy the active window to the clipboard, past that into an image editor (freeware irfan view is basic but works, there are others) and save it as a .jpg, .gif or even a .png file. Click the Additional options text and that allows you to attach images and text files.