On 8/25/05 11:30:23, you wrote: > i have heard good things about AVG software > http://www.grisoft.com/ > > i have not tried it yet, but i will
I have that running, both as background checker on some machines and as on-demand checker on others, and haven't had any trouble with it. It can even be command line scripted -- some of the other Windows scanners can't. (At least not the free versions.) > when using Norton AV and Thunderbird mail program and a virus rolls in > an attachment, Norton correctly spots it (if not disabled) and the puts > a lock on the file > > well in TBIRD the INBOX is a single file so all the message therein are > lost short of some heroics > but the question is how do other programs handle this issue ? > i can see why it works the way it does This is strange. In the inbox file, the virus is not actually present in executable form. Only after TBird extracts the corresponding file and tries to write it on disk should it be picked up by the scanner -- leaving the inbox itself out of the story. At least that's how the AVG scanner works. (Now it also has an email module, and if this is enabled, it scans the email before it gets to the inbox, but that's another story.) > my working solution is a wonderful program (highly recommended) called > MailWasher > it lists all of the messages on all of the servers for all your email > accounts, just the subject and a few lines > easy to use and cheap enough for what it offers I'm not sure (don't use it myself), but I think TBird knows how to download headers only and let you choose what to do with the corresponding messages on the server (most commonly: delete there or download then delete or download and leave). Gerhard ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
