BitDefender Outgoing email scanning

[tec505]

Just wondering:

My ISP uses smtp port 587. BD AV 11 scans outgoing emails?

I'm using Outlook 2003.

Thanks.

Mike

[C.S.J]

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BD AV 11 scans outgoing emails?
" }-
yes, it does.

[tec505]

In Others AV you can set different pop3/smtp ports for emails.

In BD it's not possible.
Does it scan all ports for pop3/smtp traffic?

[EsoxLucius]

Yes BitDefender does scan outgoing and incoming mail. You can check if it scans the mails if you communicate thru a non-standard port.

[tec505]

-{ Quote: "Yes BitDefender does scan outgoing and incoming mail. You can check if it scans the mails if you communicate thru a non-standard port." }-


BD scans only standard ports. It is not possible to scan non-standard ports like 587 (used by my ISP). So BD is inefective. But as normally BD has a very good detection rate (very good shield) is very difficult to send out infected email.

[C.S.J]

how do you know it doesnt scan all ports?

eg. avg's email scanner is not port-based, it just scans whatever.

[tec505]

-{ Quote: "how do you know it doesnt scan all ports?

eg. avg's email scanner is not port-based, it just scans whatever." }-

In case of outgoing emails a pop-up alert that BD is scanning an outgoing email.
With this ISP (port 587) this do not happen.

Also I asked for BD support team and they confirm that BD scans ONLY standard ports. (587 is non-standard).

Best Regards.
Mike

[ola nordmann]

Why do you need a separate scanner for outgoing mail? If you have a virus on your system, it will be detected by the realtime scanner that scans every file you open on a filesystem-level (unless you have disabled this scanner of course, but this would be a bad idea for most users)

I mean, the virus definitions are the same, so you will not find more viruses by having an additional smtp scanner. It's just waste of resources IMHO :)

[fax]

-{ Quote: "Why do you need a separate scanner for outgoing mail? If you have a virus on your system, it will be detected by the realtime scanner that scans every file you open on a filesystem-level (unless you have disabled this scanner of course, but this would be a bad idea for most users)

I mean, the virus definitions are the same, so you will not find more viruses by having an additional smtp scanner. It's just waste of resources IMHO :)" }-

E-mail scanning is manly useful if you have the habit of forwarding e-mails without opening them or checking the attachment.

I usually check e-mail before sending them out, I do not use the e-mail scannning feature. It is enough to have html viewer disabled, direct access to potentially dangerous extensions are already blocked by default by common e-mail clients (e.g. outlook 2003/2007)

It was discussed here before... EDIT: Here: Scanning email necessary? (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=172596)

Cheers,
Fax