Hi.
Further to the previous discussions on this topic, i've been testing the
latest version of avast 5.0.594 over the last week and putting together
a list of issues to be fixed. one of the issues people were having is
the scanning of emails for viruses using avast, specifically when
sending email via the gmail service. As most email providers such as
GMail offer virus scanning when emails are received or sent at their
end, for the time being if using gmail you can safely disable the mail
scanning feature of avast. for the more technical among you, it appears
that gmail have changed their certificate settings when using SSL over
the last couple of weeks, so i'm assuming that avast need to do some
more testing before allowing the gmail IP addresses through their
scanner etc.
Here's how to disable the shield.
1. go to ad/remove programs and highlight the avast 5.0 free anti virus
option. Note: i have not provided instructions for accessing add/remove
programs here as too many people have too many different configurations,
but email if you don't know how and i'll be happy to ablije.
2. click on the change option or change/remove in windows xp.
3. when the avast installation window is displayed, highlight the change
option in the list with the arrows and click on next.
4. when the changes screen is displayed, find the mail shield option
with the arrows, and press space to untick it. then, click on next.
5. the email shield will be uninstalled. click on finish to restart your
computer to save changes.
This issue doesn't seem to be affecting other email providers hotmail,
aol etc, though i could be wrong. Its only because GMail use a secure
connection to send your emails.
I hope this has been of some help to people while avast get the issue
fixed. they do know about it, so hopefully it'll be fixed soon.
Mo.
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