Remove Email Virus in Thunderbird Mbox

Filed in: Downloads, Tips — July 28th, 2005

My Mozilla Thunderbird received an email with netsky virus attachment this morning. The Antivir detected it but cannot clean the virus…

It popup a message saying that the virus is detected but cannot remove it due to it is inside mbox. Then, whenever I other uninfected email in the Thunderbird, the same message popup again. Deleted the infected email and clear the “Trash” folder do not help either.

I decided to try another free antivirus software – AVG Free Edition. Installed, run auto Internet update, launched Thunderbird…

AVG detected the email virus and cleaned it! Easy and fast! The AVG auto scan incoming and outgoing emails without need to configure software settings.

I am considering to dump AntiVir and pick up AVG… AVG support scanning specified folders, better email scanning support but use more system memory(few MB more than AntiVir).

What is your choice of antivirus software for email?

Some antivirus softwares may delete Thunderbird if virus found(because all emails are in one mbox file). Read MozillaZine ThunderBird FAQ for details.

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  • http://paultan.org/ Paul Tan

    My server filters everything with ClamAV

  • http://paultan.org/ Paul Tan

    My server filters everything with ClamAV

  • http://ironic.official.ws/ ahkiong

    I would suggest Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro…

  • http://ironic.official.ws ahkiong

    I would suggest Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro…

  • http://dumbwebprogrammer.blogspot.com/ Jimmy

    Clam AV is super slow when scanning your personal pc. Donno about planting it in the server though.

    I’ve always liked AVG.

  • http://dumbwebprogrammer.blogspot.com Jimmy

    Clam AV is super slow when scanning your personal pc. Donno about planting it in the server though.

    I’ve always liked AVG.

  • http://erlypro.com/blog/wp-rss2.php Oze Parrot

    I use Trend Micro’s PC-Cillin and I have found it to be reliable and dependable with constant updates.
    It will scan your incoming emails and place any email with a virus in quarantine where you can delete it.

    Oze

  • http://erlypro.com/blog/wp-rss2.php Oze Parrot

    I use Trend Micro’s PC-Cillin and I have found it to be reliable and dependable with constant updates.
    It will scan your incoming emails and place any email with a virus in quarantine where you can delete it.

    Oze

  • http://www.kayodemuyibi.com/ kayode Muyibi

    I use Avast Professional, I like it for the fact that, It has a boot scanning feature that allows you to scan your entire hardisk before loading windows, This you can enable and disable, and so far it has been very helpful.

  • http://www.kayodemuyibi.com kayode Muyibi

    I use Avast Professional, I like it for the fact that, It has a boot scanning feature that allows you to scan your entire hardisk before loading windows, This you can enable and disable, and so far it has been very helpful.

  • http://paultan.org/ Paul Tan

    Jimmy: Mine runs on my mail server.

  • http://paultan.org/ Paul Tan

    Jimmy: Mine runs on my mail server.

  • aHfUi

    Suggestion you using nob 32 or kaspersky …

  • aHfUi

    Suggestion you using nob 32 or kaspersky …

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