Re: Webroot email shield

[Crossposted to Vista Mail and Vista Security newsgroups]

<QP>
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
</QP>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02111812533106

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002

PLK wrote:
> I just got a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium and Microsoft
> Work
> 9. I added Microsoft Office and Student 2007 and Webroot Spy Sweeper with
> AntiVirus. However, I have to turn the email shield off in Webroot Spy
> Sweeper to be able to send and receive email. Do you know why and is this
> ok? I'm worried that my email is not being protected. Is Microsoft
> Security
> scanning my email?

This is why I use NOD 32 and Kaspersky and my ISP offers basic scanning at
the email server. It stops most of the issues.



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http://www.astorandblack.com/

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> [Crossposted to Vista Mail and Vista Security newsgroups]
>
> <QP>
> Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses
> that are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect
> scans incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email
> and email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of
> this. To make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection,
> keep Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you
> have the most recent virus definitions.
> </QP>
> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02111812533106
>
> Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
> http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
> PLK wrote:
>> I just got a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium and Microsoft
>> Work
>> 9. I added Microsoft Office and Student 2007 and Webroot Spy Sweeper with
>> AntiVirus. However, I have to turn the email shield off in Webroot Spy
>> Sweeper to be able to send and receive email. Do you know why and is this
>> ok? I'm worried that my email is not being protected. Is Microsoft
>> Security
>> scanning my email?
>
>

James Matthews wrote:
> This is why I use NOD 32 and Kaspersky and my ISP offers basic scanning
> at the email server. It stops most of the issues.
>
>
>

OT really ..... but I visited the web site you advertise and, as I
assume you have a connection, thought I'd mention that when doing so one
item was not found, viz:-

http://www.astorandblack.com/AstorMusic.swf

It probably goes without saying that it was a silent presentation!
I'm using Safari as my browser btw!

HTH

--
Dave