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Offline Simion

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Is it worthwhile to pre-scan .dbx files?
« on: May 05, 2009, 04:15:12 AM »
Let me explain. I'm looking for a temporary solution for scanning gmail until Avast 5 comes out. My thought is to manually scan the Outlook Express folder with ashquick before opening any mail. Would this offer any additional protection over Avast's realtime scanner?

Thank you for your thoughts.
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Re: Is it worthwhile to pre-scan .dbx files?
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2009, 03:15:29 PM »
Hmmm... Gmail is scanned internally, if you do not want to use Stunnel and scan the emails, I won't see that much protection on scanning the dbx files on demand. Maybe you can add dbx extension to the Standard Shield settings (scan files on open).
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Re: Is it worthwhile to pre-scan .dbx files?
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2009, 03:37:49 PM »
You will just risk erasing entire mail database...
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Re: Is it worthwhile to pre-scan .dbx files?
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2009, 06:13:13 PM »
Thank you, I will wait for Avast 5.
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