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Old 02-08-2008   #4 (permalink)
StephenB
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Re: Outlook and OneCare

Peter Flindt <newsgroups@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>StephenB wrote at 07.02.2008 :
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>> Peter Flindt <newsgroups@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> Hello,
>>> scan OneCare outgoing and incomming emails? (Outlook 2007)
>>> If yes, how to disable the scanning of outgoing mails?
>>>
>>> This is more a therorethical question. I have no problems with Outlook
>>> 2007, Vista and OneCare, but I want to know this.
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>> OneCare does not scan emails inbound or outbound. It will, however, scan any
>> attachments you attempt to open and will (hopefully) leap into action if a
>> malicous script were attempting to execute when you opened a email.
>> -steve
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>Thanks,
>good to know this, no waste of time and activity for all this deleted
>spam mails.
>
>Peter
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Very true. :-)
A full scan (Tune-up or manual virus and spyware scan) will be scanning your
mail store, so any infected spam that is sitting in a Deleted Items folder or
Junk Mail folder on your PC will trigger an infection and a lovely "Quarantine
Failed" message.
-steve
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