Mail Wizzard

[alanrf]

The registry change was to override it in Outlook.

In Outlook Express go to Tools > Options > Security tab > Uncheck the box "do not allow attachments to be opened ...."

[bob3160]

avast does not do this - Outlook Express does. 

There is no Mail Wizard for users of modern Windows operating systems (Win 2000, Win XP, Vista).

As I recall to force Outlook Express to accept .exe files requires a registry change for OE.  I will see if I can find it.

In this case, it is avast, I just tested sending an exe file to myself anf this is what pooped up:

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[bob3160]

I used Outlook Express on a Windows XP Sp3 System with the latest avast! home version.

[Lisandro]

Ah but you paid good money to MS for the right use Outlook 2007.

My company did
This notebook is used, mostly, to work.

[bob3160]

avast does not do this - Outlook Express does. 

There is no Mail Wizard for users of modern Windows operating systems (Win 2000, Win XP, Vista).

As I recall to force Outlook Express to accept .exe files requires a registry change for OE.  I will see if I can find it.

In this case, it is avast, I just tested sending an exe file to myself anf this is what pooped up:

Click image to enlarge

I would also like to know which part of avast causes this message.
Thanks

See the previous message for the image :
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=40354.msg338013#msg338013

[alanrf]

It is the heuristics tab in the Internet Mail scanner. To avoid the warning Internet Mail Scanner > Customize > Heuristics tab > Move slider to "Custom" > Click Customize > See attachment check options. 

I do not advise this for the average user.

However avast is giving a warning it is not stopping the content.  Outlook Express does block the user from opening the attachment.

[bob3160]

Outlook Express does block the user from opening the attachment.

Fully agree unless the change you mentioned is made.

Avast also sends a notice with the following Subject:
[avast! heuristic - WARNING]

[DavidR]

Since I do NOT want to have messages with .exe attachments in my Outlook Express thrown out, I would like to find a way to SHUT off the AVAST filter that does this<snip>

As Alan said it isn't avast but OE and it is easy to sort without a Registry hack.

In OE6, Tools, Options, Security tab, uncheck the 'Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus.' This also stops them being attached and sent as well as not being able to save or open them. OE's pathetic attempt to protect you.

[bob3160]

As Alan said it isn't avast but OE and it is easy to sort without a Registry hack.

David you need to re-read Alan's post.
The message that is generated does come from avast.

[alanrf]

We old guys ...

Bob, I rather suspect David (as I have often done) looked at this thread and saw my (to him) new post at the bottom of page one of the thread and did not notice it had moved onto another page.  So David's response is quite correct in response to my lame misunderstanding of the way to fix the issue in OE versus Outlook at the bottom of page one (I confess I have never been an OE aficionado).  Of course, David's graphics always beat my text descriptions hands down. 

David will catch up when the new day dawns in middle England.

If I live long enough and ever get up to the posting levels of you guys I suspect somebody will have to correct every post of mine. 

[DavidR]

Well there is most certainly some confusion in this topic as Alan said my reply was in response to his post on using a registry hack to stop OE blocking .exe files, etc.

Today is the first time I have seen Reply #16 to #21 which were posted before my reply in #22 so I haven't a clue what is going on. The forums post function usually blocks the post if there has been a reply whilst you were compiling a response to allow you to read those replies and modify or even delete that response.

So perhaps we can this to the search inconsistencies that Alan has recently commented on

I hadn't previously experienced this alert on attachment by the Internet Mail provider and Mine is set to High so that would bump up the Heuristic checks and it alerted on the way out and on the way back in. You can disable this by setting the Internet Mail, Heuristics sensitivity to Custom, Customize button and uncheck the Attachment check (according to name), see image 2 and this gets past the problem you are experiencing of the attachment check by file name.

[silversmith]

I am having trouble finding the Internet Mail - Heuristic setting. 
Please walk me through so I can sut this off and allow messages with .exe file attachments to come through.
Thanks so much!
Peter

[DavidR]

There was me thinking a picture was worth a thousand words

Left click the avast icon
From the On-Access Scanner window, if you see a Details... >> button click
Now select the Internet Mail provider and click the Customize button.
Select the Heuristics tab and you are at the point in the image.

You can disable this by setting the Internet Mail, Heuristics sensitivity to Custom, Customize button and uncheck the Attachment check (according to name), see image 2

[Lisandro]

allow messages with .exe file attachments to come through.

The heuristic tab of settings does not block .exe file as attachments by default...
Are you sure the message come from avast and not from Outlook Express?

[DavidR]

Just look at the images in Bob's and my posts, it does come from there (even if the Internet Mail is set to Normal) and the instruction plus image in my reply #25 show how to get rid of it.

It stops outbound email with .exe attachments in their tracks, it doesn't get to your email client.

This happens even if you didn't modify OE security settings not to allow attachments to be saved, etc. as in my Reply #22 so it most certainly is avast alerting.