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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: CoBolt on April 10, 2004, 10:26:13 AM

Title: problem emailing a exe !
Post by: CoBolt on April 10, 2004, 10:26:13 AM

Hi there folks I have a problem I was hoping some maybe able to help me with when I try to email a exe to a friend avast tells me that there is a potential infected file. But when I run a scan on the file before I attach it to the email avast informs its clean …. Dose anyone have any idea why or how to stop this

Thanks for any help yours with regards CoBolt

Title: Re:problem emailing a exe !
Post by: shgoh on April 10, 2004, 10:32:28 AM

try to zip it as an attachment... ;)

Title: Re:problem emailing a exe !
Post by: RejZoR on April 10, 2004, 11:20:48 AM

avast! uses heauristic scning for attachements,so it will always warn you if you'll try to send exe,com,pif,vbs and so on files...
Just select send anyway if you're sure its uninfected or simply ZIP it.

Title: Re:problem emailing a exe !
Post by: CoBolt on April 10, 2004, 11:31:24 AM

thanks for the help guys  

Title: Re:problem emailing a exe !
Post by: shgoh on April 10, 2004, 11:51:49 AM

no worries....and enjoy your easter holidays... :)....hopefully it'll be virus-free!!!.... ;D

Title: Re:problem emailing a exe !
Post by: igor on April 10, 2004, 02:50:15 PM

Btw, you can configure the heuristic sensitivity... if you often send/receive exe files, you may want to turn the warning off.

Title: Re:problem emailing a exe !
Post by: CoBolt on April 11, 2004, 06:30:01 AM

Many thanks for all your help.

Just shows your the best support team