The Beta Version Deleted my Norton Email Protection

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I believe NAV Email scanning utilizes the computer's loopback as a proxy and
this could have something to do with it, especially if the IE Proxy Internet
Agent came into play.

Internet Proxy Server

Status: Active

Description: Prevents unauthorized changes or additions to your Internet
Explorer Proxy Server.

The Internet Explore Proxy Server is a server between the Internet Explorer
Web browser, and a real server. It intercepts all requests to the real
server to see if it can fulfill the requests itself. If not, it forwards the
request to the real server. Proxy servers have two main purposes: improve
performance and filter requests.
 
Which version of Norto are you having a problem with, I
have tried it with NAV03 & NAV05
 
It'd be a great idea to post false postives to the .signatures newsgroup

Please include the precise name and version of the Norton product involved.
 
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This is a huge problem and needs fixed.
.
It erased my McAfee, can't paste, computer freezes, can't
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search for any files in my hard drives. Who do we tell? Do
they care? Let's wait and see.
 
Tom said:
This is a huge problem and needs fixed.
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It's not really a problem. If Norton is still running in the background you
are still protected.

The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express
Published: November 18, 2004
By Tom Koch
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

Email scanning slows down Sending and Receiving, sometimes enough that OE
times out. Since some of the received messages have large (often virus)
attachments, which exasperates the problem.
Some Comcast users have found it necessary to totally uninstall Norton and
switch to the free AVG with mail scanning off. Norton invented email
scanning and here's what they say:

"Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses
that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...6d4e006aaa94/4ba5fc8ef939c44c88256c7500723cf0

"...your computer is protected if Auto-Protect is enabled. Auto-Protect
scans any incoming files, including email attachments, when the files are
saved to your hard drive."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2001100907323806

"NAV provides multiple layers of protection. Email scanning is just one of
those layers. Even if you are not running Email Scanning, your computer is
protected against viruses that are distributed as email attachments by NAV
Auto-Protect. Auto-Protect will scan any incoming files, including email
attachments, as they are saved to your hard drive. To make sure that
Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep Auto-Protect enabled
and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have the most recent virus
definitions."
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...85256edd00478dbd?OpenDocument&src=bar_sch_nam

See also
http://help.expedient.com/mailnews/norton_antivirus.shtml

So Symantec used to say this often and clearly. The newer stuff doesn't
have the statement included as it was considered an embarrassment. If you
know anyone who programs for Norton try to get them to talk about it.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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