I just this second, have noted in outpost that ashmaisv.exe is listening on smtp, pop3 and imap. is this how virus checkers check incoming email?
Surely the remote port should be smtp, pop3 and imap, not the local port? Is avast running as a mail server virus checker as well as a mail client virus checker? If this is so, can I disable this functionality (I suppose it can be no real threat, but why cause more ports to be open, if they are not needed, as security issues seem to spring up like wild flowers)
I admit I don't really no much about such things, and I am not cmplaining, as avast is a great and free product.