Is it very important to scan your default email clients imcoming emails with anti-virus software as I have just downloaded an anti-virus program and cannot configure its email settings ? If the security risk of getting a virus through an email is very low, I will not worry about trying to work out the anti-virus email settings. But if the risk is very high, I will then try and fix the email settings. I must mention that I understand how important it is not to open any email "attachments" unless you know who the sender really is. So if anyone can advise me on the importance of scanning incoming emails, I would really appreciate it, because if it is not that important, I will not worry about my incoming emails being scaned with anti-virus software at all !
2007-01-17 10:39:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Yes. you dont know if your friends/family/cousin/uncle/aunty has virus protection, and they could be sending you viruses without knowing it.
and a lot of emails aren't attachemtns but html ladened that executes a script without you knowing it.
the risk is extremely high if you dont have an antivirus program monitoring your emails
I suggest AVG for all your virus protection needs.
2007-01-17 10:42:43 · answer #1 · answered by arus.geo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
email is really the easiest way to get a virus. if you're using web-based mail you got no worries but mail clients will download everything to your system.
most clients have a security setting option which will prevent attachments from being opened. you could leave that on by default and flip it off as needed.
2007-01-17 10:46:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if the emails come with attachments, otherwise it's not necessary.
And even then, only if you plan on running the attachments.
And only if the attachments are capable of holding a virus inside of it.
.exe, .scr, .bat, are a couple of examples of possible virus files.
2007-01-17 10:45:39 · answer #3 · answered by TedTheAtheist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check to see how much ram you have installed on your pc. If you are running windows xp on less than 1gig of ram it will most likely run very slow. If you are running win 2000 it only recognizes 256 megabites of ram, that is the first thing I would look to see. Adding ram is like you drinking water you cant operate smoothly without it, that is where I would start. Everything depends on how good your processor is, good luck.
2016-05-24 01:26:19 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
... just never open an email ur not sure of its source and that ur not expecting from someone... an email scanner wont catch all the variants of a virus or worm anyway usually ...
2007-01-17 10:44:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋