-=PCTechTalk=- Re: AVG

  • From: "tempting2taanzaa" <tempting2taanzaa@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:15:39 -0500

I have always been curious about that.  If anti-virus protection has
real-time scanning capabilities, and no viruses were found after messages
are downloaded, what is the purpose of scanning attachments again after
downloading to a location.  Isn't scanning after downloading to a folder or
desktop the same scan that is conducted when the message is downloaded?  I
have been in the habit of never opening attachments, but downloading them to
a folder and then scanning them.  But, I could never remember why I was
doing this... 

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From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: AVG
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:59:17 -0400

Smart Girl!  Malware that spreads through email will usually come from 
people that you DO know, since the malware is usually designed to use the 
other person's Address Book in order to help it spread.

Peace,
Gman
http://www.bornagainamerican.org

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

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