Hi Although I do use a e-mail scanner program on my system, I know that all in come and out going mail is scanned by the E-Mail servers also. So its a pretty safe bet the viruses will be cot one place or another.
God bless, Mark God loves you! My ham radio lists. http://lists.topica.com/lists/funhamradio. http://groups.google.com/group/funhamradio-list My personal website http://funhamradio.bloki.com MSS and MSP scripting list http://groups.google.com:80/group/msscripting?hl=en ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] e-mail scanning > ACutaly many people besides me suggest turning off the email scanner in > any antivirus program. Feel free to scour the news groups > about this, Now maybe I'm going off of old news but I do scann every day > at 3 every morning when I'm sleeping. AVG managed to move > one email i never got to the valt from a DBX file, I think. That's the > only way I have found to get rod of the attachment bug that > reers its head every once in a while. > Thanks for saying I'm knoledgible, but i really don't think so. I thnk all > of the people who have helped me learn said knoledge > and I hope to put it to good use some day. > > SA&G > > > : In a recent message, Sarah mentions turning off the e-mail scanning > : feature of AVG. She indicated that the computer would scan > : everything every day anyhow. I am a bit concerned about the > : recommendation. > : > : 1. To assume that everyone has their task manager set up to scan the > : "entire system" every day is a dangerous and probably incorrect > : observation. Not every person has the time or inclination to allow > : their AVG to perform that task. I agree that it is a good idea but > : for some, it just isn't practical. > : > : 2. Allowing a vital part of your antivirus protection to be disabled > : is, for most people, an extremely fool hardy thing to do. It doesn't > : take much for something to get into your system and contaminate it to > : the point that the computer might even stop working entirely. > : Believe me people, I've been there. > : > : 3. Sarah is, based on her helpful suggestions and excellent grasp of > : technology and software, a highly competent computer user. > : Unfortunately, not all of us have her expertise. Whereas Sarah might > : catch a contaminated file in time to deal with it, others might not. > : We all can't even begin to compare to her knowledge and ability. > : However, I must raise a serious objection to her last idea. In my > : opinion, based on years of computer operation and many painful > : experiences, no one should ever turn off their e-mail scanning for > : any reason. > : AVG examines each and every e-mail before it is allowed to be put > : onto the hard drive for reading. That may take longer but it's worth > : every second. AVG is, again in my opinion, a very reasonable piece > : of software which works quite well with Jaws. AVG is no Cadillac and > : has very little unnecessary program utilization. Okay, so maybe it > : was originally stolen from other similar programs. For years now, it > : has demonstrated remarkable efficiency in doing what it's supposed to > : do. The original versions might have been derived from pirated > : software as some have indicated, but it has gone far beyond those > : early days. > : > : I apologize for the length of this message but I sincerely believe > : that any part of that program should be allowed to continue to > : function at full capacity. > : > : John Justice > : John Justice > : > : My job feeds my family, music feeds my soul. > : > : PERSONAL E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > : http://www.jaws-users.com > : Address for the list archives: > : http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > : To post to this group, send email to > : jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > : To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the > : subject or body of a blank message to: > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : Use the following form in order to contact the management team > : http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > : If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to > : the following address: > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To post to this group, send email to > jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]