How Does E-mail Scanning Work?

E-mail Scanning scans e-mail traffic totally transparently. Inbound messages are scanned before the e-mail client receives the e-mail and outbound messages are scanned after the e-mail client has sent the message but before it reaches the e-mail server. There is no need to alter the e-mail client configuration during the installation.

E-mail scanning scans attachments and message bodies for malicious code. If an e-mail message is infected, E-mail Scanning modifies the original data stream after the scan result has been received. For example, an infected attachment in an e-mail message can, by default, be removed or replaced with the disinfected attachment. Normal clean e-mail traffic is not altered in any way. By default, archive files are not scanned, but full recursive archive scanning is supported and can be enabled from the product settings.

When an infection is cleaned, a notification message is attached to the e-mail. The message is always in English and is not localized.

E-mail Scanning Report

If E-mail Scanning detects an infected attachment, a scanning report is shown. In the scanning report, you can see in the Message column which message included the infected attachment. You can see what caused the report in the Reason column. You can click on the reason to see a description of the virus. The description opens your browser and takes you to the F-Secure virus information web pages. In the Action column, you can see what was done to clean the message.

If you do not wish to see this dialog again, select the Do not show this dialog anymore check box. Click Close to close the scanning report.

E-mail Progress Dialog

If an e-mail virus scan takes a long time, a progress dialog is shown. You can see the name of the attachment being scanned and a progress bar showing you how much is left to be scanned. Possible reasons why a scan may take a long time are, for example, large attachments and slow network connections.

If you do not wish to see this dialog again, select the Do not show this dialog anymore check box. Click Close to close the scanning report.


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