Is there a desktop AV-program which only checks email-traffic for virii?

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Jari Lehtonen

It would be nice to use "a second opinion" program to watch incoming
and outgoing mails without taking too much extra resources. The
scanning could happen before writing the mail on the disk.
Jari
 
Jari Lehtonen said:
It would be nice to use "a second opinion" program to watch incoming
and outgoing mails without taking too much extra resources. The
scanning could happen before writing the mail on the disk.
Jari
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I remember trying a Program a while ago called V-Catch(?). It did what
you're looking for.
 
In Message-ID:<4kRib.761030$YN5.733268@sccrnsc01> posted on Tue, 14 Oct
I remember trying a Program a while ago called V-Catch(?). It did what
you're looking for.
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From the blurb on vcatch:

---begin---
In the event that VCatch suspects a file to be a virus, the software
automatically deletes the file and notifies you.
---end---

I'm not sure automatic deletion of mere suspect files is what anyone is
looking for.
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,15381,00.asp
 
In Message-ID:<4kRib.761030$YN5.733268@sccrnsc01> posted on Tue, 14 Oct


From the blurb on vcatch:

---begin---
In the event that VCatch suspects a file to be a virus, the software
automatically deletes the file and notifies you.
---end---

I'm not sure automatic deletion of mere suspect files is what anyone is
looking for.
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,15381,00.asp
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Yep, Vcatch has been a regular visitor here, and always gets bad
critics. I should try it :-)

jari
 
It would be nice to use "a second opinion" program to watch incoming
and outgoing mails without taking too much extra resources. The
scanning could happen before writing the mail on the disk.
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F-Secure Anti-Virus for Client Security and NOD32 both scan e-mail
traffic at the protocol level.

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F-Secure Anti-Virus for Client Security and NOD32 both scan e-mail
traffic at the protocol level.
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F-secure is a liitle too big for just a mail scanner. Nod32 could be
the altenative. I was merely thinkin some quite lightweight
application with good detection rate. It is not necessary that it can
clean the meggae, deletin on demand would be enough. This is just
"icing on the cake" , I know...

Jari
 
From the blurb on vcatch:

---begin---
In the event that VCatch suspects a file to be a virus, the software
automatically deletes the file and notifies you.
---end---
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Sounds good to me. But can those notifications be turned off?
I'm not sure automatic deletion of mere suspect files is what anyone is
looking for.
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Why not, and it was asked for in realtion with email. I already delete
email when it has something executable attached, or embedded. Mind you,
it's deleted, not 'quarantained'.
 
In Message-ID:<[email protected]> posted on
Sounds good to me. But can those notifications be turned off?
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I don't know, I un-selected the three spyware "enhancements" on install,
and all it would do is crash.
Why not, and it was asked for in realtion with email. I already delete
email when it has something executable attached, or embedded. Mind you,
it's deleted, not 'quarantained'.
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Yep deleted, and if it was a false positive...
 
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