AVG Free Edition and Thunderbird

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Running Windows 98SE, AVG7 Free Edition, Thunderbird.


I've installed AVG7 Free Edition and from within the Control Center, the
Email Scanner is shown to be fully functional. On that basis, I
thought I had nothing more to do as all my incoming mail would be
automatically scanned.

However, I have come across the following article:


http://www.j79zlr.com/howto.php?id=11


In this article, it states that it IS necessary to manually configure
the AVG Email Scanner so that my incoming (and/or outgoing) email is
checked.


So now I am somewhat confused. Can any Thunderbird uses please advise
if it really is necessary to manually configure the Email Scanner or do
I accept the statement in the Control Center that the scanner is indeed
fully functional?

Thanks in advance.
Ed.
 
Ed wrote:
Can any Thunderbird uses please advise
if it really is necessary to manually configure the Email Scanner or do
I accept the statement in the Control Center that the scanner is indeed
fully functional?

Thanks in advance.
Ed.
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Im on Win XP Thunderbird AVG Free.

I never manually set up it did it automatically, I presume its working
as a note is added to the bottom of all my incoming emails saying
scanned by AVG.

Lee
 
Ed wrote:
Can any Thunderbird uses please advise

Im on Win XP Thunderbird AVG Free.

I never manually set up it did it automatically, I presume its working
as a note is added to the bottom of all my incoming emails saying
scanned by AVG.

Lee
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Win2000 Pro, TB, AVG7 Free ... same here ... no TB
configuration changes required.
 
So now I am somewhat confused. Can any Thunderbird uses please advise
if it really is necessary to manually configure the Email Scanner or do
I accept the statement in the Control Center that the scanner is indeed
fully functional?
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It is indeed fully functional here.

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Running Windows 98SE, AVG7 Free Edition, Thunderbird.


I've installed AVG7 Free Edition and from within the Control Center, the
Email Scanner is shown to be fully functional. On that basis, I
thought I had nothing more to do as all my incoming mail would be
automatically scanned.

However, I have come across the following article:


http://www.j79zlr.com/howto.php?id=11


In this article, it states that it IS necessary to manually configure
the AVG Email Scanner so that my incoming (and/or outgoing) email is
checked.


So now I am somewhat confused. Can any Thunderbird uses please advise
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Email scanning can be enabled/disabled at Control Center/
Email Scanner/Properties/config. Also, you can enable/disable
labeling
of incoming/outgoing mail messages with "This message contains
no virus" (or something like that)
You can test email scanning using Eicar test Virus. It is not
a real virus but is written to make the scanners think it is.
I included Eicar in on of my outgoing messages. AVG7 caught it.
I disabled AVG7 mail scanning and did the same thing again.
My ISP mail scanner caught it.
http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
Casey
 
I think I had a similar issue with my new machine.
Try uninstalling both, then install Thunderbird
first. If the email program is already up and
configured, I believe AVG will see it and set
itself up during install. I think I did it the
other way and couldn't get AVG to recognize
Thunderbird. I also use both. Hope this helps....

Regards,

Stan
 
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