I have a customer with Norton Internet Security /AV 2005 package and when he sends e-mail over Outlook Express the AV is scanning the mail even though the option in Norton AV 2005 is "unchecked". Any help here very helpful. This is painful since he uses a modem :( Thanks Peter van s

That's one of the reasons I uninstall NIS before the trial starts on a new PC. A good AV and firewall works much better than that bloatware. I mostly use Avast and Sygate, they work well together and as you probably know are free for home use. Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks

Hi, Does this means this is a design flaw and cannot be resolved? The Norton site only offers a way to turn off the progress screen but does not seem to explain how to fully disable the acutal checking even if the option is unchecked. Thanks and regards Peter van S

you may have to get more info from the Norton Site on that. Maybe send a letter to their techs, unless they have a phone, that would be easier and save you more time Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks

HI I think this is fixed. A well-kept secret is the NIS scans useing THREE options. One obivously is in NAV and this is disabled for "outgoing" mails. The other two options are in Internet Security: 1. "E Mail Scanning" option 2. Filtering w/ mail option off. That takes care of this. Another annoyance caused by Internet Security. Regards Peter van S

Thanks. I too have been annoyed by this same issue. Short rant/disregarded string: If it's not Symantec's online scanner rootkit opening the back door to hackers, it MS's or anyone else's. When will rootkits clearly be identified for us and something afforded to stop automatic downloading of crap like MS's "Software Distribution Service 2.0 (that disables our system restore points)? And don;t think setting MS Updates to "notify me but do not download" stops SDS 2.0, cause it didn't for me. I thought I read they were mostly always identified by %something% and whatever else. Seems simple enough to axe any rootfit unless absolutely no other choice. Seems rootkits ought to be hackable. Where are the hackers when you need them. Regards and hap-e-trails, Steve Hopper