-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Don,
@09 June 2002, 16:00:38 -0700 (00:00 UK time) Don Taylor wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm a bit confused. I'm running AVG, and it's doing *really* well at > trapping the Eicar test virus (maybe too well ;). You are. > Whenever I click on the .com version to attach it to an e-mail, the > low-level portion of AVG turns my screen black and gives me what > looks like a DOS-generated message asking if I should enable access. > Even if I say I want to enable access, AVG won't permit the > attachment to happen. (Don't think it's the plugin catching this, > because the same process happens if I try to open the .com file with > a text editor.) This is a good thing, but it's preventing me from > testing incoming e-mail. You'll have to temporarily turn it off. It is completely *unnecessary* to have the interactive scanner running for the plug-in to work. > But when I try to use the link Oleg Titov shared earlier > (http://www.aleph-tec.com/eicar/) to send the Eicar test virus, The > Bat! with the plugin installed and configured doesn't even (excuse > the pun) bat an eye. I'm keeping attachments with messages. And at > this point, I'm less confident the plugin is really working than > when I started. Any ideas? Have you "Added" it and enabled it in the "Options | Virus protection" setup dialog? Just checking - you're not expecting it to work on outgoing messages? It's for incoming mail only. - -- Cheers -- .\\arck D. Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v1.60q-5523848F0B1 on Windows 2000 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 · -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7a-nr1-rc2 (Windows 2000) iD8DBQE9AqK7OeQkq5KdzaARAheQAJ9pPRivMOcYL9Sls7ux066qSIagBQCgnzNf ymv1O2LpRKyn/yCaDJs/ECc= =BrBH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60q FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
