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To: Larry S. who wrote (27163)	5/26/2002 12:05:45 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110655

Personally, I avoid using hotmail because it seems to be a prime target for viruses, but be patient, I believe another poster will likely give you a more in depth reply... By the way, I use the McAfee Online Scan program which I think is super, anytime I receive an infected email, I get a window that pops up and tells me the email may contain a virus... it then asks me if I wish to continue, or if I want McAfee to inoculate the file, or delete... I always just delete, why mess around with trouble..... GZ

To: Larry S. who wrote (27163)	5/26/2002 1:07:28 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110655

"Will NAV automatically scan all incoming hotmails as well, or do i have to tweak the system" to the best of my knowledge, no, nav will not scan hotmail. the reason is because hotmail does not get delivered to your incoming email server, which nav does scan. hotmail stays on msn's server (or whoever owns hotmail), and you access their servers to check your mail. that's why they want to make you feel secure by telling you that they have a virus scanner on their end. if you forwarded all your hotmail email to your netscape account, then nav would do its job. but i don't make any claims as to knowing whether or not this action (forwarding) would expose you to an infected piece of mail that mcafee missed. hope this helps