avast 4.8 outlook/exchange

[wsx123]

Is it safe to turn off outlook/exchange resident provider if I do not have these programs?
Also I don't use P2P programs, can I disable that one also?
I use Thunderbird for Email.
So far 4.8 is working OK Windows XP SP2.

[Lisandro]

Yes... if you remember, in the future, for any reason you start to use these programs, to turn on the providers again.

[wsx123]

Thanks, the heuristic scanner already found a suspicious junk email.

[DavidR]

That provider is normally disabled unless you have MS Outlook (not express) installed on your system ?

[wsx123]

OK. So is the antispyware and rootkit running all the time in the background? I can't find any settings or anything at all about the antispyware or rootkit.
Using the free version.

[alanrf]

David,

had to stop and think about what you meant in your last post. Now I realize that you probably mean "not" rather than "now".  However, the typo is, as it stands, a bit misleading.

[DavidR]

Thanks Alan, some typo, I often bump into keys, though the 't' is some distance from 'w' 
I rely on my (sic) smell checker to get me out of trouble, but it doesn't help when the typo is a valid word