-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday, October 08, 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote...
> Thanks, again. Your explanation this time, was much more clear. > Given my setup, is there any reason (in terms of catching viruses > from incoming messages) why it would be advantageous for me to move > to AV software, such as AVG, or some of the others mentioned on this > list that have plug-ins for The Bat? Any reason to just let well > enough alone? It really depends. Using a virus plugin will allow you to quarantine the mail withing TB! and actually look at the mail, but not execute/open any attachments. This is an advantage if you are after the actual email itself, and want to alert the real sender of infection (note that Klez and others spoof from headers, and if you set the virus scanner to auto-alert the person, you'll probably get a few upset replies). Of course, if you're not too worried about seeing the content of these 'infected' files, and trust your virus scanner to make a valued judgement about the email (knowing that it only matches signatures, and doesn't care about content), then you can just stick with using an external virus scanner. It really boils down to personal preferences I guess. If you receive a lot of mail that you'd rather have quarantined so you can make the judgement yourself over it's 'dangerousnesss' then go the plugin method, otherwise you can probably get away with just sticking with the current method. - -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 6.5.8ckt iQA/AwUBPaMdbCuD6BT4/R9zEQIV9ACg5aS5zXGAzdJFIuVdREXyflAsJ40An0TX +piuZHiwjSfEjNx4t0nO+d+7 =I9Bi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
