Re: Is this some sort of virus?

From: Phil Weldon (notdisclosed_at_example.com)
Date: 03/06/04 

Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 03:01:11 GMT

I have not found that Norton AntiVirus has any bad effect on Microsoft
Outlook. If it, or any other AV program does, then it should be an issue
for the publisher of the AV program and Microsoft ot resolve, not a reason
for "MVP's" to recommed not using it... not something Microsoft ITSELF would
feel comfortable doing. I'd think many users would appreciate having the
virus quarantined or delete as soon as it appears to the system. 

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"N. Miller" <nsm@blackhole.aosake.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ab2b01891b5052d989d69@msnews.microsoft.com...
> In article <CiW1c.22350$aT1.18011@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> notdisclosed@example.com says...
>
> > The BEST way to find out which virus a file may contain is to have a
GOOD,
> > up-to-date antivirus program running ALL the time, scanning incoming and
> > outgoing email.
>
> Do you realize that this advice conflicts with the advice given by the
MVPs?
> Running the mail scan feature of the typical anti virus program plays
havoc
> with MSOE in many instances, and is not necessary. The on access component
> of the anti virus program uses the same definitions as the mail scan part,
> and will activate when an attachment is manipulated. It matters not if the
> manipulation is the result of the user, or the program, as I found out
last
> month; when I encountered a conflict between the NAV on access engine and
> Mercury Mail's attempt to call the on demand F-Prot for DOS. (The conflict
> was resolved by configuring the NAV on access scanner to ignore the
Mercury
> Mail scratch folder.)
>
> -- 
> Norman
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> ~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
> ~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

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