Windows Mail and antivirus programs

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Lindsay Graham

I've seen a number of posts saying that there is an incompatibility between
Vista and some antivirus programs, particularly McAfee and Norton.

I use Vet (now CA) and AVG [on 2 different computers] -- are there any known
issues with these two programs and Vista?

I always had email scanning turned off with Outlook Express because I've
noted the oft-repeated warnings about possible corruption of the OE message
store caused by email scanning. Is this still an issue with Windows Mail or
is it OK to turn email scanning on?

Lindsay Graham
Canberra, Australia
 
I am running AVG Free (latest version) with Email scanning turned on with no
problems. (touch wood & whistle)

I have noted many folks advising that Email scanners be disenabled, but not
the reasons.

Vista Home Premium

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Lindsay Graham said:
I've seen a number of posts saying that there is an incompatibility
between Vista and some antivirus programs, particularly McAfee and Norton.

I use Vet (now CA) and AVG [on 2 different computers] -- are there any
known issues with these two programs and Vista?

I always had email scanning turned off with Outlook Express because I've
noted the oft-repeated warnings about possible corruption of the OE
message store caused by email scanning. Is this still an issue with
Windows Mail or is it OK to turn email scanning on?

Lindsay Graham
Canberra, Australia
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Email scanning should be turned off in any anti-virus. Also exclude EML
files from the scan. It provides no
protection not provided by the regular resident protection. This is true
with ANY email program.
 
Both CA and AVG antivirus are compatible with Windows Mail.
Email scanning should be turned off for the reasons stated here:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

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Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]


Delboy said:
I am running AVG Free (latest version) with Email scanning turned on with no
problems. (touch wood & whistle)

I have noted many folks advising that Email scanners be disenabled, but not
the reasons.

Vista Home Premium

--

Delboy

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Douglas Adams
Lindsay Graham said:
I've seen a number of posts saying that there is an incompatibility
between Vista and some antivirus programs, particularly McAfee and Norton.

I use Vet (now CA) and AVG [on 2 different computers] -- are there any
known issues with these two programs and Vista?

I always had email scanning turned off with Outlook Express because I've
noted the oft-repeated warnings about possible corruption of the OE
message store caused by email scanning. Is this still an issue with
Windows Mail or is it OK to turn email scanning on?

Lindsay Graham
Canberra, Australia
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