AVG Free 8.0 Question (E-mail)

On Aug 12, 5:54 pm, "Dragon" wrote:
> wrote in message
>
>
>
> > Hi folks,
>
> > I removed Norton last week and installed AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0 .
> > However, I just noticed that when I opened it up and checked under "E-
> > mail Scanner" that "Total E-mails Scanned" was 0, despite regular use
> > (dozens of e-mails sent and received) of my Outlook Express over these
> > few days. It says that there is no client installed. Do I need one for
> > Outlook Express?
>
> > I chose the standard installation and didn't got for the custom one.
>
> > Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> In the window where you found "Total E-mails Scanned", are the boxes at the
> bottom ticked?
> i.e. Scan Incoming and Outgoing messages
>
> Henry

Yes, there are three boxes at the bottom. All are checked.

When I go into Advanced Settings -> Email Scanner -> Servers and look
at the POP3 and SMTP settings, they seem all generic, and nothing to
do with my Email settings. Is this correct?? POP3 Server Name is
"AutoPop3", etc, etc.
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I think I just had one of those "A-ha" moments...

Sorry, but I forgot to mention that I am using Gmail exclusively with
my Outlook Express client. Seems as if I have some fiddling to do:

http://www.grisoft.com/ca-en.faq.num-891#faq_891

Will give this a good try and see what happens.

DG
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On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:42:11 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> Hi folks,
> I removed Norton last week...

Congratulations!

> ...and installed AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0 .

Avira's AntiVir is better!
http://www.free-av.com/

> However, I just noticed that when I opened it up and checked under "E-
> mail Scanner" that "Total E-mails Scanned" was 0, despite regular use
> (dozens of e-mails sent and received) of my Outlook Express over these
> few days. It says that there is no client installed. Do I need one for
> Outlook Express?

Why You Don't Need Your Anti-Virus Program to Scan Your E-Mail
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm
Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
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"Kayman" wrote in message

> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:42:11 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>> I removed Norton last week...
>
> Congratulations!
>
>> ...and installed AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0 .
>
> Avira's AntiVir is better!
> http://www.free-av.com/
>

That is debatable.

Gaz
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wrote in message

> Hi folks,
>
> I removed Norton last week and installed AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0 .
> However, I just noticed that when I opened it up and checked under "E-
> mail Scanner" that "Total E-mails Scanned" was 0, despite regular use
> (dozens of e-mails sent and received) of my Outlook Express over these
> few days. It says that there is no client installed. Do I need one for
> Outlook Express?
>
> I chose the standard installation and didn't got for the custom one.
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.

In the window where you found "Total E-mails Scanned", are the boxes at the
bottom ticked?
i.e. Scan Incoming and Outgoing messages

Henry
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wrote in message

On Aug 12, 5:54 pm, "Dragon" wrote:
> wrote in message
>
>
>
> > Hi folks,
>
> > I removed Norton last week and installed AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0 .
> > However, I just noticed that when I opened it up and checked under "E-
> > mail Scanner" that "Total E-mails Scanned" was 0, despite regular use
> > (dozens of e-mails sent and received) of my Outlook Express over these
> > few days. It says that there is no client installed. Do I need one for
> > Outlook Express?
>
> > I chose the standard installation and didn't got for the custom one.
>
> > Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> In the window where you found "Total E-mails Scanned", are the boxes at
> the
> bottom ticked?
> i.e. Scan Incoming and Outgoing messages
>
> Henry

>Yes, there are three boxes at the bottom. All are checked.

>When I go into Advanced Settings -> Email Scanner -> Servers and look
>at the POP3 and SMTP settings, they seem all generic, and nothing to
>do with my Email settings. Is this correct?? POP3 Server Name is
>"AutoPop3", etc, etc.

Mine are the same and I too used standard installation.
Email scanning works for me.
Suggest you go to the AVG forum http://freeforum.avg.com/
Henry
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On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:15:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> Hi again,
> Any thoughts on the original question would be appreciated.

As a security measure, never ever chose 'standard' installation especially
when it comes to (free) 3rd party software applications!

You never know what the software manufacturer might slip in to the
'standard' installation process!

So, if you want to stick with AVG, uninstall then re-install!

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/
(*Choose custom install and untick the email scanner plugin.*)

Why You Don't Need Your Anti-Virus Program to Scan Your E-Mail
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm
Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

If you really want to scan e-mail then don't untick (uncheck) the email
scanner plugin.

BTW, did I mention that AntiVir is better
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>On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:29:42 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

>
>Yes, there are three boxes at the bottom. All are checked.
>
>When I go into Advanced Settings -> Email Scanner -> Servers and look
>at the POP3 and SMTP settings, they seem all generic, and nothing to
>do with my Email settings. Is this correct?? POP3 Server Name is
>"AutoPop3", etc, etc.

I'm having the same situation as you. I use a program called Forte
Agent (which Norton scanned email very well - I, too, removed Norton
and installed AVG).

When I go to Advance Settings > Email Scanner - I do not see an Option
for Servers (what am I missing). On the box for "Email Scanner
Componet", for "Installed email client plug-ins" all is listed is
Microsoft Outlook. Is there a way to add Forte Agent as an email
client as I had in Norton?
******************************************************
Charliec
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On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:12:50 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

> I think I just had one of those "A-ha" moments...
>
> Sorry, but I forgot to mention that I am using Gmail exclusively with
> my Outlook Express client. Seems as if I have some fiddling to do:

Why don't you move to WLM; It's more stable and secure - I think .

Gmail server access requires configuration at the Gmail site to prepare the
account for use with mail clients. After that has been done, you have to
configure the outgoing server using port 465 with SSL (Windows Live Mail
fails when trying to use port 587 with STARTTLS; a bug carried over from MS
Outlook Express where STARTTLS only works with port 25; but Gmail doesn't
use port 25 for outgoing email). Incoming should be either port 995 with
SSL (for POP3 access), or port 993 with SSL (for IMAP access).
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Kayman wrote:

>On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:42:11 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>> I removed Norton last week...
>
>Congratulations!
>
>> ...and installed AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0 .
>
>Avira's AntiVir is better!
>http://www.free-av.com/
>
>> However, I just noticed that when I opened it up and checked under "E-
>> mail Scanner" that "Total E-mails Scanned" was 0, despite regular use
>> (dozens of e-mails sent and received) of my Outlook Express over these
>> few days. It says that there is no client installed. Do I need one for
>> Outlook Express?
>
>Why You Don't Need Your Anti-Virus Program to Scan Your E-Mail
>http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm
>Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

Just as a matter of interest. How good is AVG free compared to the
paid version?? Is there any difference in the virus detection
software??

TIA.
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:07:46 +1200, Mutlley wrote:

> Kayman wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 06:42:11 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>> I removed Norton last week...
>>
>>Congratulations!
>>
>>> ...and installed AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0 .
>>
>>Avira's AntiVir is better!
>>http://www.free-av.com/
>>
>>> However, I just noticed that when I opened it up and checked under "E-
>>> mail Scanner" that "Total E-mails Scanned" was 0, despite regular use
>>> (dozens of e-mails sent and received) of my Outlook Express over these
>>> few days. It says that there is no client installed. Do I need one for
>>> Outlook Express?
>>
>>Why You Don't Need Your Anti-Virus Program to Scan Your E-Mail
>>http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm
>>Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
>
> Just as a matter of interest. How good is AVG free compared to the
> paid version?? Is there any difference in the virus detection
> software??
>
http://www.av-comparatives.org/
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