Why are emails scanned each time I open Windows Mail?

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Linette Koren

Hi,

I can't figure this one out myself and McAfee technical support merely
directed me to a help page for Outlook Express. :-(

Each time I open Windows Mail, McAfee Security Center launches and scans
each and every message (in my Inbox and every folder). As I am an email
packrat, it takes forever to get an email session started. Why does it want
to re-scan messages that it already scanned and deemed safe?

Does this happen to everyone that uses McAfee? Is this a Windows Mail issue
or a McAfee issue? I'm using this on a new Dell with Microsoft Vista Home
Premium. My old machine used Norton so I'm new to understanding how McAfee
works.

Thanks!

Linette
 
Linette said:
Hi,

I can't figure this one out myself and McAfee technical support merely
directed me to a help page for Outlook Express. :-(

Each time I open Windows Mail, McAfee Security Center launches and scans
each and every message (in my Inbox and every folder). As I am an email
packrat, it takes forever to get an email session started. Why does it
want to re-scan messages that it already scanned and deemed safe?

Does this happen to everyone that uses McAfee? Is this a Windows Mail
issue or a McAfee issue? I'm using this on a new Dell with Microsoft
Vista Home Premium. My old machine used Norton so I'm new to
understanding how McAfee works.
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Turn off email scanning in McAfee. It doesn't provide any additional
protection and causes problems. If email scanning is already turned off,
uninstall McAfee and install a better antivirus because McAfee is truly
dreadful. Recommended programs are NOD32, Kaspersky, and Avast (free).


Malke
 
It's definitely a McAfee issue.
I won't allow anything "McAfee" on my computers, so I can't help
you with how to disable the scanning. The fact that McAfee tech
support could not advise you -- tells you volumes about their
competence or lack of it.

Gary VanderMolen
 
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