Originally posted by: jjsole
I don't know AntiVir but it sounds bizarre that people would choose it over AVG, which scans pop3 for free (not to mention has always worked great for me.)
Someone please explain why everyone is so unconcerned about scanning their POP3 accounts, where so many viruses can be found (because I know y'all aren't paying for the premium version. )
explain to me how you get viruses through your pop3 email? you open everything that comes your way? cuz i sure as hell don't. i'll read the text part only, without letting it execute anything. and unfamiliar emails that peddle appendage lengthening miracles or start with "hey honey..." sure as heck don't get any love from me.
also i just find it convenient to use webbased mail systems to check my mail, and i can't find any reason i would even need to use a separate email application to check my email these days. i briefly did consulting for a small scale company, and even they had webbased mail available for their users.
all these things make active email scanning pretty useless imo. the higher rates of detection antivir provides, while being discrete is more than enough to keep me using.