Email Attachment Scanning

[Asyn]

Going back to a message only being displayed if an attachment is suspicious: If it is not a suspicious attachment, why doesn't a message state something to the effect of 'Avast checked this attachment and it is free of viruses?'

See: https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=180216.0

[Spiritual2016]

No, I am not referring to an email confirmation message 'within' an email-When I click on an attachment, why doesn't it state a 'clear attachment' confirmation message at that time (Why would a message only be displayed if the attachment was suspicious?)

Please and thank you.

[Asyn]

No, I am not referring to an email confirmation message 'within' an email-When I click on an attachment, why doesn't it state a 'clear attachment' confirmation message at that time (Why would a message only be displayed if the attachment was suspicious?)

Only the devs can answer that.

[Spiritual2016]

Have an awesome night and thanks again for being so prompt and professional in your responses!

[Asyn]

You're welcome.

[Spiritual2016]

Since the 'Email Shield' is non-functional in Web-based email, should the option be disabled, uninstalled, or can it stay enabled since it will not cause any computer/anti-virus performance issues?

[lukor]

Hi, if you never use Mail clients, you may want to uninstall MailShield completely (from Control Panel / Add-Remove programs / Avast Antivirus).

However, it does not do anything when not used, just sitting there for connections that never arrive.

[Spiritual2016]

-Thanks everyone for explaining how email attachment scanning works.