What virus scanner to use with Thunderbird?

[krackato]

Topic says it all.

 

[Schadenfroh]

grisoft avg

 

[igowerf]

Use any virus scanner that supports scanning email. It works with Norton 2003.

 

[lizardboy]

Originally posted by: igowerf
Use any virus scanner that supports scanning email. It works with Norton 2003.

Can you explain how you configured TB & NAV 2003 to get this to work - I've been having trouble. Whenever NAV detects a virus it zaps my entire Inbox since (from what I understand) TB stores all the mail as one file or in one folder.

Thanks

 

[lizardboy]

anyone?

 

[drag]

can't you tell the scanner to quarenteen the file or not to delete the file?

 

[1Cheap2Crazy]

According to T-Bird FAQs it says,
"Is Thunderbird susceptible to e-mail viruses?

Thunderbird will not allow a virus or worm to execute automatically. You can see what attachments have been sent to you without a virus being able to execute, and you would have to save a file to your system and deliberately run it before it could cause any harm.

JavaScript is switched off by default for mail and news, so an e-mail cannot run script code just by being opened.

As with any mail program, take proper caution before running any file that you receive in e-mail. Appropriate anti-virus software should also help keep you safer."


I haven't gotten a virus so I don't know if it works. But the fear of a virus is why I switched from Outlook Express to T-Bird.

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: lizardboy

Originally posted by: igowerf
Use any virus scanner that supports scanning email. It works with Norton 2003.

Can you explain how you configured TB & NAV 2003 to get this to work - I've been having trouble. Whenever NAV detects a virus it zaps my entire Inbox since (from what I understand) TB stores all the mail as one file or in one folder.

Thanks

That's kind of strange. NAV usually just stops the email from downloading. To be honest, I don't think I've gotten an email virus in a while now so I don't know exactly how it works. I didn't have to configure it to do anything. NAV knows somehow to scan outgoing emails too. Right now, I'm on my laptop though which uses EZTrust Antivirus so I can't look up any settings for you. I'll bookmark it and come back on Monday.

 

[lizardboy]

Thanks for the replies, this thread over at the Mozilla forum shows the issues people (including me) have been having with NAV & TB (and other anti-virus programs). I was hoping some AT members might be able to help out here since the TB evangalists don't like anyone who doesn't worship at the TB altar.

 

[Davegod]

didnt have any problems with tb & nav2003, or 2004.

 

[igowerf]

I just took a look at my NAV 2003 settings and there really isn't anything for me to set... Sorry.

 

[notfred]

I don't use any virus scanner with it and I'm fine so far.