Hi folks. Over the weekend I obtained a copy of avast antivirus professional addition. I have only downloaded and installed it yesterday afternoon and today, when I went into my outlook express to check my email, I got a message that said something like: you are trying to log on to your gmail account, please disable your ssl, or something, so that avast can check your emails for viruses. Sorry that I can't be more specific than that. I was wandering, how do I disable that function in outlook express and if I do, does that mean that I will no longer be able to receive emails with attachments? I'm sorry if my questions seem stupid. It's just that I'm new to avast. I've been using a different antivirus in the passed which I didn't find very effective. Thanks in advance for all your help. All the best, Maria.