57
sites and filling in online forms with personal data (such as their e-mail address)
increase exposure to attacks via e-mail. Companies usually use corporate e-mail
accounts and employ anti-spam filters etc, to reduce the risk.
The E-mail Scanner component checks every e-mail sent or received, providing
much needed protection from e-mail borne threats. AVG supports all leading e-mail
clients including MS Outlook, The bat!, Eudora and all other SMTP/POP3 based email
clients such as Outlook Express. Encrypted connections using SSL are also supported.
Note: AVG E-mail Scanner is not intended for server platforms!
When detected, viruses are quarantined in
Virus Vault
immediately. Some e-mail
clients may support messages with text certifying that sent and received e-mail has
been scanned for viruses.
10.5.2. E-mail Scanner Interface
In the E-mail Scanner component's dialog you can find a brief text describing the
component's functionality, information on its current status (E-mail Scanner is active.
), and the following statistics:
Total e-mails scanned - how many e-mail messages were scanned since
the E-mail Scanner was last launched (if needed, this value can be reset; e.
g. for statistic purposes - Reset value)
