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Old 02-14-2008   #5 (permalink)
Joe
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Re: Outlook and OneCare

Stephen, I'm not sure I follow you when you say that a scan- if it finds an
email in the Deleted folder which is infected- will trigger an infection? Do
you mean that OneCare will see it as an infection, then issue that warning?
Just want to be sure I understand you.

Joe

"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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
>>
>>Thanks,
>>good to know this, no waste of time and activity for all this deleted
>>spam mails.
>>
>>Peter
>>
> 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
> --
> Stephen Boots sboots@xxxxxx
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live
> Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
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