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7.3. E-mail Scanner
One of the most common sources of viruses and trojans is via e-mail. Phishing and
spam make e-mail an even greater source of risks. Free e-mail accounts are more likely
to receive such malicious e-mails (as they rarely employ anti-spam technology), and
home users rely quite heavily on such e-mail. Also home users, surfing unknown 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.
7.3.1. E-mail Scanner Principles
The E-mail Scanner component scans incoming/outgoing e-mails automatically. You
can use it with e-mail clients that do not have their own plug-in in AVG (e.g. Outlook
Express, Mozilla, Incredimail, etc.).
During AVG
installation
AVG there are automatic servers created for e-mail control:
one for checking incoming e-mails and the second one for checking outgoing e-mails.
Using these two servers e-mails are automatically checked on ports 110 and 25 (
standard ports for sending/receiving e-mails).
E-mail Scanner works as an interface between e-mail client and e-mail servers on the
Internet.
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Incoming mail: While receiving a message from the server, the E-mail
Scanner component tests it for viruses, removes infected attachments, and
adds certification. When detected, viruses are quarantined in
Virus Vault
immediately. Then the message is passed to the e-mail client.
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Outgoing mail: Message is sent from e-mail client to E-mail Scanner; it tests
the message and its attachments for viruses and then sends the message to
the SMTP server (scanning of outgoing e-mails is disabled by default, and can
be set up manually).
Note: AVG E-mail Scanner is not intended for server platforms!
Summary :
E-mail Scanner Principles The E-mail Scanner component scans incoming/outgoing e-mails automatically. During AVG installation AVG there are automatic servers created for e-mail control: one for checking incoming e-mails and the second one for checking outgoing e-mails. E-mail Scanner works as an interface between e-mail client and e-mail servers on the Internet.
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