Norton Anti-Virus E-mail Options [Shawn]

  • From: "Linksma Mezgeja" <love2knit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:37:02 -0500

Shawn, I continue to scan incoming Email as always. I have one of two
options: either scan outgoing Email or have access to Email processing at
the moment. I have a problem with my computer and my options are limited; I
have little to no chioice in the matter and this adjustment to Norton has
allowed me to resume processing Email with some degree of success.
Thanks again, Steve, for you excellent mini tutorial.



> Actually, you can have one of those viruses that sends itself based on
entries
> in your address book.  But, security is a personal taste, not an absolute
> afterall.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 3:18 PM
> Subject: RE: Norton Anti-Virus E-mail Options
>
>
> > Linktha,
> >
> > Open Norton anti-virus.
> >
> > Press alt-o for options.
> >
> > There should be a frame with four tables with a list of basic options at
the
> > top and corresponding checkboxes below it in the bottom table.
> >
> >
> >
> > In the four tables, the top one is System, and has options like
auto-protect,
> > script-blocking, etc.  The second table is titled Internet, and the
first
> > option in mine is e-mail.  I can press enter on it, even though JFW does
not
> > indicate it as a link and activate the various checkboxes associated
with
> > e-mail scanning.  If enter doesn't work for you, try routing JFW to PC
cursor
> > and left-click with the mouse emulation key.
> >
> >
> > Now, in the fourth table, you will have various e-mail options.  The
table is
> > entitled "What to Scan".  You will or should see the following:
> >
> > Scan Incoming E-mail (recommended)
> >
> > Scan Outgoing E-mail.
> >
> > How to Respond When a Virus is Found:
> >
> > Here there are five radio buttons, as follows:
> > 1.  Automatically repair the infected file (recommended);
> > 2. Ask me what to do;
> > 3. Repair then quarantine if unsuccessful;
> > 4. Repair then silently quarantine if unsuccessful; and
> > 5.  Repair then silently delete if unsuccessful.
> >
> > I've found that if you set it to the recommended option, there will be a
> > dialog if it finds an infected file.  This may cause the sending of
incoming
> > e-mails to be suspended while it waits for you to reply and the server
may
> > time out.  Therefore, I've selected the fourth option to repair and
silently
> > quarantine if unsuccessful.  By doing this, there are no dialogs while
e-mail
> > is being downloaded.
> >
> > I don't have it scan outgoing e-mails, since I believe with scanning
incoming
> > e-mails and having script-blocking enabled insures that I have a
virus-free
> > machine.
> >
> > hth,
> > Steve
> >

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