It has been very clear for years that the email scanning feature of Norton
damages OE and should be disabled at the very least. Now, there are many
many reports in this NG that WinMail has stopped functioning or some aspects
of WinMail's functionality are not working (e.g. saving attachments) and
that uninstalling (not just disabling that feature) results in restoration
of those functions.
See
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
The MVPs in these NGs have been recommending for years that users disable
the email scanning (its completely redundant and breaks functionality) at
the very least, and with WinMail, its becoming increasingly apparent that
neither Norton products nor McAfee products are compatible with WinMail, and
they should be uninstalled and replaced with less invasive AV software.
steve
"Tom Brown" <Nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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>I would like to ask that an MVP weigh in on Gary's constant advice to
>remove
> Norton. Norton is one of the most popular (and possibly the biggest)
> antivirus program in the world and I wonder why he thinks that will cure
> all
> evils. Is it true? Is Norton not useable with Vista?
>
> I don't use Norton on my Vista machine (my wife uses it with no problems
> on
> XP) so I don't know. But, if it is not compatible, or is problematic with
> Vista then that fact should be widely broadcast. If it is a legitimate
> product to use with Visa, then someone should say so.
>
> So, I guess my quesiton is. ..... is anyone able to use Norton AV without
> problems on Vista? Many of us would appreciate hearing from you so we can
> get an idea about what the facts are.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23LL$MeCnHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Chances are, the Windows Mail problem will go away after you uninstall
>> Norton.
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen
>>
>> "Window Mail DEP message" <Window Mail DEP
>> message@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news
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>>> My Windows Mail stops working when a certain message is trying to be
>>> deleted.
>>> It is telling me that the Data Prevention Protection has closed the
>>> program.
>>> I've run Nortons 360 so I don't think it's a virus.
>>
>>
>