Vista - ? for Gary on McAfee

I have had problems since making the switch to Vista and windows mail. In
the past you recommended the Avast anti virus program. If I dump all my
McAfee stuff and download the Avast will that give me the same complete
protection that Mc Afee did or do I need to add some other programs as well?
Do I need a separate firewall? Where does my email protection come from? Is
it the Windows mail system itself?
Thanks,
Sandy

Email protection comes from what is called the real-time protection
that every antivirus has. Anytime a file (including email) is opened or
saved, the antivirus checks it. Additional scanning by the antivirus of
emails that are in transit is not only redundant but it can interfere with
the proper operation of the email program.

A separate firewall is not needed since the Windows Firewall is quite
adequate. The same goes for anti-spyware, Windows Defender does
a good job. The third party security software sellers like to spread
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) about the adequacy of software
included with Vista, but that is how they induce people to buy their stuff.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]


"Sandy" <Sandy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:F3257E66-B35F-41A8-A038-48D1739E3113@xxxxxx

Gary,
I have not switched my Vista computer to Avast yet. I did download it to my
old Dell with XP and now I cannot send email. It seems to get caught up in
the Avast system and I cannot seem to find the mail set up wizard they talk
about in their trouble shooting. I have outlook express on that computer.
Can you tell me how that works or where I can find it. I am reluctant now to
download the Avast to the new computer until I can mange it on the old one.
I use the old one mainly to store files that I did not want to move. And
also old emails that I do need to access. When I tried to forward a file to
myself it got locked up in some avast protection system that I cannot seem
to modify.
THanks much,
Sandy

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

Did you at least tell Avast to disable the part that scans email?

"Sandy" <Sandy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:EAE2FAC3-D280-4CCC-B632-DC483E975593@xxxxxx

I don't have access to a computer with Avast at the moment, so I can't
tell you exactly how to change its settings. There should be an Options
or Settings icon, where you can turn off the email scanning.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]


"Sandy" <Sandy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:EAE2FAC3-D280-4CCC-B632-DC483E975593@xxxxxx

Remember this is my XP computer with no McAfee just Avast. So if I turn off
the email scan ????? What is protecting me? I have Outlook Express mail on
this computer as well.
Sandy

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

I already discussed earlier (below) how real-time protection works,
and how it makes email scanning redundant and unnecessary.
For more on this topic see http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]


"Sandy" <Sandy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:2D85D8AD-F7A6-4BFC-9113-59895AEBD198@xxxxxx

I know you already discussed this but I am having more problems with the
software you recommended. There is no place under setting or tools for me to
turn off the email scanning.
Sandy

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

Then you may need to uninstall it, and then do a custom install
that leaves out the part that scans email. That's the way I
installed avast!.

"Sandy" <Sandy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C191EF6A-D32B-446A-8E98-4653DB5FC6F9@xxxxxx

Sorry for the delay in responding. I had to go find an old abandoned PC
that I could install Avast on. My regular PCs all have CA Antivirus.
Turns out that I wasn't able to figure out the answer from the program
either, and its Help didn't.
Good old Google search found the answer:
http://www.techtalkz.com/windows-vis...-scanning.html

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]


"Sandy" <Sandy@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:C191EF6A-D32B-446A-8E98-4653DB5FC6F9@xxxxxx