MY AVG scans every email before it hits my inbox..If anything is dangerous it removes it..if it is suspect it places it in the virus vault and I determine it's future..rarely do you get a file in the virus vault..lol..--Phyllis
----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Dealing with an attachment > > Piney: There really wasnt any confusion on my part. My question was > about the nature of the desktop that you, and others earlie have now > confirmed is on the HD. > You have mentioned one of the reasons why I asked the question: When a > mail is received as an attachment - using AVG - you cannot right click it > and scan it, from the e-mail. > > Janet ~ UK > http://globechatters.net > O/S WinXPSP2 Pro IE/OE6 - home user > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Piney Woods PC's" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> >> Janet, here is the bottom line on scanning an attachment. It really >> doesn't matter where the file is to be scanned because wherever you >> place it, its STILL on the hard drive and has the potential to infect >> your computer. If , for whatever reason a virus/worm bypasses your av, >> the best way to approach this is to right click on the attachment (this >> does not open the attachment) and click on the option that says "scan >> with _____" The blank meaning whichever antivirus you run. By choosing >> this process over saving to another place, you eliminate the needless >> redundancy of having to always scan the attachment elsewhere. >> >> In most antivirus programs, at least the ones I am familiar with, you >> are given the option of quarantine after an infection is found. With >> AVG, (7.0) after a scan it tells you on the bottom of the message that >> "suspicious files were found and gives you the name of the virus or worm >> and sends it directly to the Virus Vault. I periodically go in empty >> what has been placed there so the next time I scan, those will not show >> up. Hope this helps clear up some of the confusion. >> >> Piney Woods PC's > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> > $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. > http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/67folB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please > feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post > personal issues directly to the group. > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.290 / Virus Database: 265.5.0 - Release Date: 12/09/2004 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.290 / Virus Database: 265.5.0 - Release Date: 12/09/2004 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/67folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
