Hello P.Johnson, On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 17:03:59 -0600 GMT (05/11/2004, 06:03 +0700 GMT), P.Johnson wrote:
PJ> I'm getting a new computer and want to get the best firewall and virus PJ> protection I can, and have been looking at Trend Micro PC-cillin PJ> Internet Security. I am wondering if any TB! users have tried this PJ> suite; and more generally, if there has to be specific compatibility PJ> between email programs and virus software. I am using PC-Cillin and TB. Problem 1: There is no plug-in. This means that every time a virus comes, the email will not be imported into TB, as the initial bat*.tmp file will be arrested by the PCC realtime scan, and the infected mail will be downloaded each time again (and the *.tmp file arrested so the mail cannot be imported into TB) until I delete it manually from the server. There probably is a way to exclude *.tmp files from scanning, but what then is the purpose? The infected mails will still be imported into TB, but now PCC will arrest the whole folder when I try to open it! Had some funny "disappearing all mails in a folder" issues over that a few years back. So I decided to disable the realtime scan, and I manually scan any suspicious attachments before I open them. Problem 2: PCC (since it has no plug-in for TB) will not be able to scan mails that come in via secured connection. So the infected mails will be received by TB anyway. Again, no point. At home, I am comfortable with scanning attachments manually. Most malware can be identified by sight anyway. In the office, the AV scan is server-side. That's much better, IMHO. PJ> "We have no answer to this question for now but you may try using your PJ> software but please enable the webmail scan feature. I do not know what the webmail scan feature would have to do with this. -- Cheers, Thomas. Drink wet cement: Get Stoned. Message reply created with The Bat! 3.0.2.4 Rush under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
