Vista - Whose Email Security Is Being Used?

Within WLM I use numerous email applications, each with its own security
feature. I also have a security center which also monitors all incoming
email. WLM, from what I understand also has its own monitoring security.

I am curious, in a situation such as this, which of these security features
protects all of my emails within WLM. Just a thought.

Thank you,

Nissi1

That depends on what you mean by security:
Antivirus, anti-spam, anti-phishing, anti-spyware, or just plain privacy?

I use just one antivirus product to protect the whole computer, plus the
protections already built-in to Vista (Windows Firewall, Windows Defender).

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP


"Nissi1" <Nissi1@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4679BDC3-64D3-410E-890F-EC7E5561A013@xxxxxx

Thank you Gary for your response.

I was just wondering. AOl was my first email service. They use McAfee to
protect against spam and email viruses. When I sent/received emails through
Hotmail (but not through WLM), it was scanned by Trend Micro. And Goggle
uses a security feature to check emails coming through its service, though I
forget which. Finally I use McAfee for all my computing needs.

With all that security software around I just began to wonder if they would
cancel out each other. Just wondering.

Have a blessed evening,

Nissi1

VanderMolen" wrote:

It usually isn't a good idea to have more that one antivirus running at a time,
because each wants to be 'top dog' so to speak.
Antivirus products like McAfee and Trend Micro aren't just for one application;
they protect the whole computer.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Nissi1" <Nissi1@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9F07AA76-3678-4047-A74F-7ED3D3A8AA79@xxxxxx

Hello Gary,

That is what I thought. Interesting though. My computer knowledge is very
limited but I do not think these email services with their individual
security protection include an option to disable or uninstall that feature.
Just a thought.

As alwasys, thank you and continued blessings for you and your love ones.

Nissi1

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

Almost all web based security scanners and filters act prior to any local application email scanning or auto-protection(on
opening).

--
...winston
ms-mvp mail


"Nissi1" <Nissi1@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9F07AA76-3678-4047-A74F-7ED3D3A8AA79@xxxxxx

Many mail services run anti-virus and anti-spam software at the server.
This is independent of anything that you run on your PC, whatever mail
client you use on your PC or whether you use the mail service's web mail
access.

The anti-virus on the mail service is under their complete control. For
the anti-spam, they may give you options as to how much it filters or
even whether it filters at all.

For the mail service filtering, it is applied before or as the incoming
message is download into WLM For Outgoing it is applied after or as
you send the message from WLM.

If you are running any anti-virus set to scan e-mail or anti-spam, it
generally inserts itself between WLM and the mail server.



--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Nissi1" <Nissi1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4679BDC3-64D3-410E-890F-EC7E5561A013@xxxxxx

You're welcome. Any antivirus that isn't being used should be uninstalled,
because as long as it is installed it will use up some resources.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Nissi1" <Nissi1@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:7232AFB0-C664-46C2-8E9F-DE429BDEBBC8@xxxxxx

Where are those other antivirus programs running? If they are running
on your machine, it's a bad idea to keep more than one of them
installed.

However, if they're running on the provider's computers instead, you
don't need to count them against the one antivirus program recommended
limit.

"Nissi1" <Nissi1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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