Yes. The same advise pertains to all AV apps.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

Frankyboy wrote:
Thanks. Since I do not use Norton but only the free version from
Avast, would it be safe to disable the email scan?

On Apr 9, 4:42 pm, "PA Bear" wrote:
Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It provides no
additional protection, it's probably causing the problem, and even
Symantec
says it's not necessary:

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Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses
that are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect
scans incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including
email
and email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of
this. To make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection,
keep Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you
have the most recent virus definitions.
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http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...02111812533106
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Frankyboy wrote:
No, I'm afraid not, but I have discovered that if I send the
attachments from my web based gmail account to myself, they appear OK.
Thanks for the suggestion.

If you send the attachment to yourself, is it "readable"?
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wrote:
I hope I am in the right group. After sending OE text (.doc)
attachments for many months, they have suddenly become unreadable to
the recipient. It appears sender and recipient have both been using
MIME1 - HTML?. All the settings have been checked to the best of my
ability. Any assistance would be appreciated