How do you scan w/o opening? Is that just going to the bottom of the message w/o clicking on the message? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <hty31b5@hotmail.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:26 PM Subject: RE: [Gen-Comp-Tips] attachments > Interesting statement, Sue: how do you "know" an attachment is "safe"? I > have been receiving attachments for years and every one of them is > judged as a potential threat to my computer, regardless of who sends it. > I scan every attachment before opening it. There is just no way to rely > on the fact that because a relative has sent it, it must be safe. > > Lance > -----Original Message----- > From: Sue Pearson Carpenter [mailto:spcarpenter@ka.net] > Sent: Sunday, 19 September 2004 11:14 AM > To: GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] attachments > > If I know an attchment is safe, I just press the forward button, and it > will > make it accessible. Click on the attachment in the new email. > spc > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 0438-3, 17/09/2004 > Tested on: 19/09/2004 11:25:27 AM > avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list send a message to GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >

Hello Sybil The way I do it is to save the attachment to the Desktop. There I right click on the icon, and choose "Scan with Norton Antivirus". This is very quickly done, and I can then (hopefully) open the file. I'm assuming you have an AV program installed. If not, well, that's another question altogether!! Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sybil Chapman" <schapman@tex1.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 9:37 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] attachments > How do you scan w/o opening? Is that just going to the bottom of the > message w/o clicking on the message?