Is there a way to tell before you open your email if it contains a virus? I do have a Norton antivirus program
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In General, a virus would come in an attachment for you to OPEN if you chose to- and would be an exe. file of some sort.  If you are using Norton AV , and it is up to date, you need to ensure it is set up to actively check your emails prior to your reading them, and it should then find any virus or trojan known to be so.  Most anti virus programs have the same capablity, and some email programs have it built in, such as yahoo, scans the attachment prior to your opening it.\n\nNever open an attachment from someone you Don't know, is a good idea in any case.
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Hi snugglebunny,\nIt's after midnight at my place and nothing. Plus I dont open mail from someone I dont know and I have Norton. Good Luck: Blueladybug
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.\nNot sure whether a antivirus like you ask is present or not.\n\nBut my advice is just install a good antivirus coz it ll catch the virus whenever it try to get into ur system.\n\nPREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE.\n\n**********\nVasu M\n*********
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What software are you using to check your email?  Usually there is a setting in preferences or options that allows you to select "do not open suspicious attachments" or something to that extent.\n\nGo into your preferences and find that.  Uncheck it and you should be good to go.  I know Outlook Express has this checked by default.
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That's not showing up in any listing as a virus.  It could just be the name of the person that sent it.  More than likely though, that's the name that the spammer chose to display on his/her emails.  Your friend probably just got spam - it's nothing to worry about as long as you didn't click on any links in the message.
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YES! ITS A REAL VIRUS SPREADING PIECE OF SH*T hacker trying to invade your computer. delete and mark as spam on email server.
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Curious... Are you doing anything in particular when this occurs?  How often does the folder appear?  Once there, can you delete it without receiving an error?  When did this start happening?  Any new software downloads or installations around the time this started happening?\n\nIf you're concerned about a virus threat that Norton has possibly not detected, try running a different scan like Housecall by Trent Micro.  \n\nhttp://housecall.trendmicro.com/\n\nIt's free and will let you know if something is there.  At least you'll have a second opinion on whether or not your system is infected or if there is something else going on. \n\nPost back with updates and let us know... :)
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go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com you can do an online virus scan. You should be sure that your virus definitions for Norton  are up to date as well. Sometimes you have to reboot in Safe mode then run your scan
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Ok, that's a lot of questions.  A great anti virus software that is free is called Zone Alarm. \n\n1)    This is iffy, a lot of ani virus programs will fight with one another, I recommend just installing one.\n\n2)     See question one\n\n3)     It will stayed turned on all the time, otherwise, what's the point?\n\n4)     It depends on the email program that you are using.  Are you using a program like Outlook?  That requires a plug in to do so....  If you are using Yahoo or hotmail, it's internet based.  In both cases, it will scan for viruses.  Most online internet programs already have a built in virus scanner.
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I have Norton Anti-virus protection for my computer, and I haven't had any viruses get through yet. It scans everything- e-mails, messenger, whatever you set it to. The free ones you can download don't catch everything- I got a few of those Trojan viruses that AVG didn't catch.  I paid about 50 bucks for it, but it was worth it.  I never worry about my computer any more.  www.symantec.com
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Your security settings may be protecting your computer. Are you behind a firewall? Also, Norton Antivirus will not allow links to be opened unless you configure it to do so. You can also check settings in Outlook Express for security.
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if u could see the name of the virus u can search it on google. just write the name of the virus in google and u will get the antivirus tool results.
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Report as spam and probly not open alot of those emails like that are acctually virus that when you open them attack your computer
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It is a virus. It comes with an attachment that tells you to look at the full text by clicking on the attachment? You click it and you don't have a good antivirus program that stripped the virus and you will get it. Just delete the email and eventually who ever has the virus will find out and fix his/her computer. I had the same problem for several days and recieved probably 50-100 emails telling me everything from free sex to my long lost buddy found me.
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Actually, you do not have to search anything. When you install an  Anti-virus program, it will tell you (i.e. Norton Internet Security, etc) was detected,  this "program" must be removed.... Cancel setup at this point and remove the "program". Then install the new Anti-virus program.
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Uninstall Norton if you run another anti virus. Two will conflict.\nAVG will only block an attatchment if it contains a virus, which is what you want it to do. Thats the point of having it scan your incoming mail.\nAVG 7.5 is taking over from 7.1 so just switch to that.
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If you are using the free yahoo mail service, then every email that you send and receive is scanned by Norton antivirus. \nThere is no safety agains spam as of now, except that all the unsolicited email will be dropped off in your bulk mail folder.