[vip_students] Re: Avast Potential Threat

Perhaps then Flor that one is for the Master who recommended Avast to us.
Now you have a good command of language and I am sure in computer technology
your language usage is perfect.  It did actually refer to it as a potential
threat and not a virus.  Well done there Flor.

Eleanor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 4:14 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Avast Potential Threat


> That's what's known as a 'false positive' - when an antivirus program, or
> anything else in that line - anti-spyware, anti-malware, etc., - detects
> something it thinks *might* be suspicious.  .MHT files are no problem -
> email archived link to  an htm page, I think.  At any rate, when I opened
> the attachment, my antivirus program - Nod32 - didn't cry out in protest.
> (Nor should it have, as I know that Web page well: an upstanding page as
> ever you'll find anywhere.)  BTW, there may be a way to cut down on
> potentially false warnings; but not using Avast I must lleave that aside.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 11:43 AM
> Subject: [vip_students] Re: Avast Potential Threat
>
>
> Thank you Paul.  There was no problem that time with the e-mail coming.
> Would be interesting to know if anyone else had the warning since starting
> with Avast.
>
> Eleanor
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Paul Halligan
>   To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 11:36 AM
>   Subject: [vip_students] Re: Avast Potential Threat
>
>
>   hi Eleanor
>   don't know what happened with that earlier e mail , avast regarding
> suspicious link, probably just didn't recognize  the file extension it and
> warned.
>   anyway have accessed the site so here is the link copied from the
address
> bar.
>   http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/text/
>   regards
>   Paul h
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>     From: Eleanor Burke
>     To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:54 AM
>     Subject: [vip_students] Avast Potential Threat
>
>
>     Hi
>     I had 3 e-mails this morning on the list from Paul Halligan.  My new
> Avast advised me to delete as they were a potential virus threat due to
> suspious file extension.  I am sorry Paul but I did this.  If you would
like
> to send again if there is anything that you feel might interest or apply
to
> me that is fine.  Wonder if anyone else had this problem with your e-mails
> since installing Avast.  In all the time I used AVG 7.5 or any version I
> never got a message like this so Avast must be good but I hope it is not
> picking up things which are not threats.
>
>     Best
>
>     Eleanor
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
>
>
>     No virus found in this incoming message.
>     Checked by AVG.
>     Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.0/1459 - Release Date:
> 21/05/2008 17:34
>
>

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