Re[3]: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-24 Thread Ben Allen
Howdy Wayne,

Thursday, June 24, 2004, 2:57:23 AM, Wayne wrotened:


Wayne I didn't say there was anything terribly wrong with it,
Wayne I just asked whether the plugin was necessary.

Its  not  necessary,  but  then  again  AV  programs  generally aren't
specifically  necessary  but  they  do a valuable job and make us feel
safer...


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Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-24 Thread Simon Elliott
On Thursday, June 24, 2004, 12:33:02 PM, Ben wrote:
Wayne I didn't say there was anything terribly wrong with it,
Wayne I just asked whether the plugin was necessary.

BA Its  not  necessary,  but  then  again  AV  programs  generally aren't
BA specifically  necessary  but  they  do a valuable job and make us feel
BA safer...

I usually don't run AV programs in resident mode, because they
interfere with other things I need to do. Because of this, I find the
AVG plugin I'm using with TB! to be very useful.

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Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-24 Thread Plan9
Wednesday, June 23, 2004, 9:57:23 PM, Wayne wrote:

WK Will AVG work without the plugin?  I only use pop3 and am happy
WK to have infected messages/attachments just deleted.

 What's so terrible wrong with doing exactly that with a plugin?

WK I didn't say there was anything terribly wrong with it, I
WK just asked whether the plugin was necessary.

Go to:  http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
and get some false virus files and test TheBat with and
without the AVG plugin and report the results back to the group.

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Re[2]: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-23 Thread Wayne King
Monday, June 21, 2004, 11:26:39 AM, Andre wrote:
 On 21 Jun 2004 at 21:03:10 -0600 GMT [05:03 CEST] you wrote:

WK Will AVG work without the plugin?  I only use pop3 and am happy
WK to have infected messages/attachments just deleted.

 What's so terrible wrong with doing exactly that with a plugin?

I didn't say there was anything terribly wrong with it, I just asked whether the 
plugin was necessary.

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Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-21 Thread Andre Wichartz
Hello Wayne,

On 21 Jun 2004 at 21:03:10 -0600 GMT [05:03 CEST] you wrote:

WK Will AVG work without the plugin?  I only use pop3 and am happy
WK to have infected messages/attachments just deleted.

What's so terrible wrong with doing exactly that with a plugin?

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Re[2]: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-20 Thread Wayne King
T What use is an Anti Virus (AV) plug-in?
T I think all decent AV tools sniff incoming/outgoing e-mail traffic
T automatically.
T So what benefit does a plug-in add?

 It quarantines bad mails into a quarantine folder within TB, while a
 AV program without plugin will quarantine it ot a file outside of TB.
 If you want to deal with infected mails in any way, you want to use
 the plugin. I don't because I just want them deleted.

Will AVG work without the plugin?  I only use pop3 and am happy to have infected 
messages/attachments just deleted.
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Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-13 Thread William Moore
Hello Michael

Thank you for your email dated Saturday, June 12, 2004, 9:01:06 PM,
in which you wrote:

  I use NOD32 with TB! and I do not use a plugin, and EVERY virus that
  comes my way is caught.  I have NEVER had problem.

Same here.

At the risk of sounding repetitive, plugins (to any software) just
increase the chances of things going wrong for very little (if any)
benefit.

They do ensure the survival of mailing lists, however ;-)

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Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-13 Thread William Moore
Hello Simon

Thank you for your email dated Saturday, June 12, 2004, 9:26:48 PM,
in which you wrote:

 NOD32 can only deal with POP3 or MAPI through it's IMON / EMON
 scanners.

Since IMON is email client independent and works at the winsock level
doesn't it catch any incoming message?

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Re[2]: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-13 Thread Tony
Hello William,

WM Hello Simon

WM Thank you for your email dated Saturday, June 12, 2004, 9:26:48 PM,
WM in which you wrote:

 NOD32 can only deal with POP3 or MAPI through it's IMON / EMON
 scanners.

WM Since IMON is email client independent and works at the winsock level
WM doesn't it catch any incoming message?

No. It just doesn't understand other protocols.
If all e-mail traffic was the same Esset didn't need to update NOD32
from POP3 only to POP3/MAPI


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Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-13 Thread Joseph N.
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:51:57 GMT, Allie Martin wrote:

 You may also be using POP3 but with encryption. Again, the usual
 POP3 scanners will not detect viruses over an ecrypted feed. The
 plugin helps there.
 
Allie, wouldn't the AMON filter detect the virus when it hits the 
disk  or memory in decrypted state?

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Re[2]: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-13 Thread Tony
Hello Joseph,

JN On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 20:51:57 GMT, Allie Martin wrote:

 You may also be using POP3 but with encryption. Again, the usual
 POP3 scanners will not detect viruses over an ecrypted feed. The
 plugin helps there.
 
JN Allie, wouldn't the AMON filter detect the virus when it hits the 
JN disk  or memory in decrypted state?

That's correct.

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What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-12 Thread Tony
Dear Batologist,

What use is an Anti Virus (AV) plug-in?
I think all decent AV tools sniff incoming/outgoing e-mail traffic
automatically.
So what benefit does a plug-in add?

I'm currently using NOD32; and I think there is a plugin for it.

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Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-12 Thread Michael L. Wilson
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Hello Tony,

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, at 21:46:36 [GMT+0200] (which was 12:46:36 In San
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T I'm currently using NOD32; and I think there is a plugin for it.


 I use NOD32 with TB! and I do not use a plugin, and EVERY virus that
 comes my way is caught.  I have NEVER had problem.



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Re[2]: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-12 Thread Tony
Hello Michael,

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MLW Hello Tony,

MLW On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, at 21:46:36 [GMT+0200] (which was 12:46:36 In San
MLW Jose, CA, USA) you wrote:


T I'm currently using NOD32; and I think there is a plugin for it.
I meant to say *no* plugin


MLW  I use NOD32 with TB! and I do not use a plugin, and EVERY virus that
MLW  comes my way is caught.  I have NEVER had problem.
That's just what I wanted to hear! :)
I'm very new to TB! and I was fearing that TB! might use 'something'
that passes by NOD32.

Problem solved. I would hate giving up this solid app.
But still I wonder why plugins are written. The coders must see an
advantage to it.




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Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-12 Thread Allie Martin
Simon Fincham, [SF] wrote:

 I believe Plugins come into there own if you are using a protocol
 other than POP3 for your E-Mail. 

You may also be using POP3 but with encryption. Again, the usual POP3
scanners will not detect viruses over an ecrypted feed. The plugin
helps there.

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Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-12 Thread Carsten Thönges
* Tony writes:

 I think all decent AV tools sniff incoming/outgoing e-mail traffic
 automatically.

Which can cause trouble if it »protects« you from temporary files
TB! creates when receiving mails.

 So what benefit does a plug-in add?

Think of encrypted email communication.

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Re: What's the use of an Anti virus plug-in?

2004-06-12 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Tony,

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 21:46:36 +0200 GMT (13/06/2004, 02:46 +0700 GMT),
Tony wrote:

T What use is an Anti Virus (AV) plug-in?
T I think all decent AV tools sniff incoming/outgoing e-mail traffic
T automatically.
T So what benefit does a plug-in add?

It quarantines bad mails into a quarantine folder within TB, while a
AV program without plugin will quarantine it ot a file outside of TB.
If you want to deal with infected mails in any way, you want to use
the plugin. I don't because I just want them deleted.

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