Hotmail in OE.

Is there any way to get NOD32 to scan Hotmail accounts in Outlook Express ? I've had to disable mailbox scans on my weekly scans as it causes nod32 to crash out without error so now have a potential weakness in my security.

Any ideas ?

 

IMON handles all POP3 incoming traffic

 

Well Nod32 doesn't tag the Hotmail as scanned. What essentially happened is some adware found its way to my deleted.dbx file in OE hotmail and my weekly scan picked it up. It couldn't clean or delete the message so the weekly scan crashed out.

I have IMON enabled and it tags POP3 mail but I thought Hotmail works through http ?

 

HTTP traffic is also scanned by IMON

 

Even tho I am still digesting all that I just read....the below thread had some good discussion concerning....Can you set up NOD32 to scan HOTMAIL?

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=109257

 

Thanks Bubba, no solution in that thread other than AMON will protect if the file is extracted from email so I guess I will have to rely on AMON.

Incidentally who do I report to the fact that nod32.exe falls over if it finds malware in a dbx file ?
Cheers

 

Aren't DBX files a part of Newsgroups in OE? If they are the only way to remove them is to Delete your Newsgroup Account then do a full system scan and they will not be there anymore!

HTH,

TH

 

Further investigations have shown that the second action for emails (ie take no action) is not being saved in the control centre profile - I'm thinking this is why nod32.exe either asks for input or crashes out. Have sent an email to support @ eset.com hope thats the right place. Be nice if someone from eset could point to this thread for an update.

 

No it doesn't, your case is isolated and localized to your particular machine. I have answered your question in the thread of concern.

Cheers

 

I use Mozilla Thunderbird to draw in my Hotmail and it is scanned and tagged by IMON.

Cheers

 

Re: in-depth analysis

Further playing with Nod32 reveals that in the Email setting delete is selected and greyed out and cannot be de-selected. The two options are selected are delete and no action

 

Re: in-depth analysis

Please post a screenshot.

Cheers

 

Re: in-depth analysis

Unfortunately I've just re-installed and nod32 doesnt seem to be doing it now, I'm sure I re-installed a few weeks ago so will post a screenshot if/when it starts doing it again.

 

Re: in-depth analysis

How does one post a screenshot on here I have a couple now of the correct settings but also the scan is still prompting me with a dialog box to "leave" the file despite "no action" being selected in email and email folders.

 

Re: in-depth analysis

Here we go.

 

Re: in-depth analysis

And this is what the settings are.

 

Re: in-depth analysis

This doesn't make sense, as your second screenshot says "No action", you should not be prompted at all.

The prompt however, if chosen in your setup as to what action you would prefer upon detection, is correct. You can not remove a DBX file in a scan, you have to manually go to the location specified for the infection and delete it that way. As in, in this case, open up Outlook Express and empty your deleted items folder. Any other automated action would result in the total deletion of the DBX file, this is by design of Microsoft, and you would NOT be impressed if NOD32 was to delete your entire Inbox contents upon detection of an infiltration.

Those setting are correct for email as well as email folders. It is the job of IMON and EMON (dependent upon what email client you are using) to handle email on arrival. A scan through the "On Demand Scanner" is after the fact, and it has its own settings as described above.

Cheers