Avast signature on incoming clean messages

[cbino]

Why hasn't it been possible for some time now to certify clean incoming emails with Avast signature (in the past it was possible to do this). This can only be done for emails sent.
In practice, the recipient of the email certainly has antivirus software installed which, among other things, checks his inbox and does not need to know that the sender has sent a message scanned by Avast.
For those who, on the other hand, have installed Avast it would be an additional guarantee of protection if Avast signed the clean incoming message.

[DavidR]

If inbound emails are scanned by avast why would you need them to be certified clean, if they were infected there would be an alert/flagged as a Virus.

For me a signature is no guarantee, these could surely be spoofed in scam emails, to give a false sense of security.

[cbino]

This is really beautiful !!
If outgoing emails are scanned by avast why would I have to certify them as clean, if they were infected the recipient's antivirus would provide.
Even for the recipient a signature is not a guarantee .....

[DavidR]

This is really beautiful !!
If outgoing emails are scanned by avast why would I have to certify them as clean, if they were infected the recipient's antivirus would provide.
Even for the recipient a signature is not a guarantee .....

You don't have to certify them.
Its called promotion/advertising

[Asyn]

For those who, on the other hand, have installed Avast it would be an additional guarantee of protection if Avast signed the clean incoming message.

Hi, if you use a mail client (like Thunderbird), you should find that info for sent/received mails in the mail header.

[cbino]

This is really beautiful !!
If outgoing emails are scanned by avast why would I have to certify them as clean, if they were infected the recipient's antivirus would provide.
Even for the recipient a signature is not a guarantee .....

You don't have to certify them.
Its called promotion/advertising

Ok, now here we are.
Long live the promotion, publicity!
Choice without a minimum of logic anyway.

[DavidR]

It isn't about logic, these signatures (even when they were in incoming emails) have been there for as long as I can remember, it is more about history.

When they were there people complained about them because they were enabled by default.  Certainly for some time they were disabled by default. I have no idea if this is the case now as it is an extremely long time since I every did a clean reinstall.

This topic started out as you complaining why they weren't in the inbound emails.  I simply straightened out the why that really wasn't necessary and the fact of life that the written word (in an email) is just that not a guarantee. 

Then you got all upset at the logic of it all, don't shoot the messenger, just disable it if you now don't like the idea of it.
If you now see that the value is not a 100% guarantee to the recipient.  If however it is from someone you know (and you know it isn't a spoofed email), checking the email headers, etc. etc.  If genuine then it shows you care or the sender cares and the email has been scanned.

We live in much changed times now and 100% guaranties are pretty much gone.

[cbino]

Perhaps it is worth clarifying that they were not enabled by default but were enabled in the Avast Settings.
Those who have recently limited themselves to updating Avast still benefit from the avast signature in incoming emails. On the other hand, those who recently carried out a clean installation no longer have Avast's signature in incoming e-mails ... and this also seems rather contradictory to me

[DavidR]

Sorry, you have what information I have gathered as an avast user over many years.

Outside of that I won't speculate.