S. Ring has badtrans virus

! > Well, I'm running Norton Corporate Edition, with Outlook ! > 2000, and it scans my e-mail as it comes in, before I ! > even read the message! Works out nice :-) ! I am assuming NCE include Norton Anti-Virus... Actually it's the Corporate Edition of Norton Anti-Virus. ! ...On the Norton Utilities Systemworks AV is installed to ! automatically scan your email for virii... Yeah, I remember that option from that memory-hog version... ! ...But the way it does it is *very* questionable. The email ! is routed to one of their servers before being routed to you ! inbox... NCE doesn't work it that way, well at least in our setup. We install it as an unmanaged system (no central Norton server here.) Basically a standalone install. We could have a central server here to 'manage' the copies of NCE installed on the clients, maybe that's what you're referring to. Symantec hijacking your e-mail sounds wierd, and in-efficient. ! ...I only happened to find this out *after* everything was ! installed because I also use Zone Alarm... ! I then found out that the install had modified Outlook. ! Nowhere in the install was I told that this was happening!!! Yeah, the install has to modify Outlook somewhat. It gives the option to install a plug-in, to allow it to scan the messages as they come in. I much prefer it that way, since I leave Outlook open all day, and recieve at _least_ 200 messages a day. Yes, vigilance (and a different e-mail program) are my preferred method, but work here pretty much requires the use of Outlook. It's actually a nice program, if it weren't for the plentiful virus 'features'. --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818