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On Sunday, December 29, 2002, Roelof Otten wrote...
VBG>> I would like AVG to only scan outgoing mail & at all other times
VBG>> remain inactive not scanning anything else.
> That's rather useless. Most viruses use their own smtp-client to
> deliver themselves at your outgoing smtp-server. Those that don't do
> that, use Outlook or OE to deliver their stuff. Therefore it won't
> do you any good to scan TB's outgoing mail.
Depends on how you have it setup. Yes, it's rather useless if you
have it as a plugin, as you said, some viruses contain their own
smtp-engine. However, Norton 2002 (and maybe 2000) doesn't scan in
the same way. It actually listens for connection attempts to port
25, and puts in an intermediary 'wall' to scan all the outgoing
mail. IE:
Before:
TheBat -> ISP SMTP
After:
TheBat -> Norton -> ISP SMTP
So even if a virus such as klez was caught, Norton would probably
catch it trying to send.
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Jonathan Angliss
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