[pmmail-list] PMMail/2 and Norman Virus Control

[Carl Gehr]

Thanks, Marty.

You are correct that I am using OS/2.  But you missed the subtle name
difference:
	It is "Norman" Virus Control
	Not "Norton" AntiVirus
Thus, the Norton stuff is n/a for me.

The rationale for also having the option [It is not required.] to scan
output/newly created files, is because there is the possibility that a
Trojan virus might somehow execute [certainly unlikely in OS/2] and
build the virus from parts that a signature scanner might miss.

Dave also mentioned logic for the 'on-access' scanning.

Thanks, again,
Carl

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:50:44 -0800, Marty Rimpau wrote:

>Hi, Carl, you indicated that you're using os2, but the only option I
>can find, and this is in windows is on the email page, once you press
>the space bar on the options button, just uncheck the check box that
>says scan outgoing email, and then it should work.  Hope this helps,
>though your question seems more for advanced users.  I don't know why
>Norton has you scanning outgoing email, since virus's come from the
>outside in, not the inside out, assuming, you're not infected already. 
>Also, if you're using Norton 2004, you might want to re-enter your pass
>word for the pop server, just a theory, because I just installed the
>beast a couple of weeks ago, and have done everything short of pounding
>this machine, and I would still get error check error log messages, and
>even uninstalled my firewall, thinking it was the culprit, but if my
>theory works out, I think that initially, Norton doesn't know your pass
>word, and by re-entering it in that field, you're telling Norton this
>is what your pass word is, but this is only a theory, and I don't know
>why this would make any diference, I'll keep monitoring, and see if I
>get any more error messages, but this would be frustrating, since it
>would be fetching mail fine for 5 minutes or so, and then bam, error
>check error log for as long as 10 minutes, or 5 attempts to check mail,
>and sometimes, it would only do it once, but I find no option for
>configuring Norton not to do this.  
>On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:01:00 -0500 (EST), Carl Gehr wrote:
>
>>Is there a simple way to cause Norman VC to automatically scan only
>>inbound E-Mail messages to PMMail/2?  From reading the NVC docs, the
>>Norman Internet Protection [NIP] does not apply to OS/2.  This would
>>appear to be the best option if it were available.
>>
>>Specifying 'Scan On Access' will certainly work, but it appears to me
>>to be such overkill once the system has been scanned and validated as
>>'safe' if the only ad hoc method of adding files to the system is via
>>E-Mail.  [Files read in from removable media can always be On-Demand
>>scanned to assure they are safe.]
>>
>>Any suggestions will be appreciated?
>>
>>TIA,
>>Carl
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