quick, possibly silly, question - scanning email attachments

ih8stress

This probably sounds daft to you 'techies' but I don't know how to scan attachments in emails.

I've had a quick google but they just say through my av program.

I tend not to open ANY attachments in emails, just in case, but have been sent one re. a requested insurance quote and would like to scan it first before opening.

I have windows 7, avast and malwarebytes.

Thanks:)

debitcardmayhem

A quick glance will do :cool:, OK really what do you use to read emails?

ih8stress

My eyes:D Sorry,it's been a long day ...... do you mean which email service provider eg. yahoo?

debitcardmayhem

ih8stress wrote: »

My eyes:D Sorry,it's been a long day ...... do you mean which email service provider eg. yahoo?

Hi blue eyes, no I mean Thunderbird/Outlook Express or just webmail ie via IE/Firefox ?

closed

avast will scan them for you

ih8stress

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Hi blue eyes, no I mean Thunderbird/Outlook Express or just webmail ie via IE/Firefox ?

Sorry, my eyes are more blood-shot at the moment, must get off computer soon ......:)
as far as I know it is just common garden webmail, firefox.

ih8stress

closed wrote: »

avast will scan them for you

Do you mean it does this automatically through realtime, or do I have to tell it to do a specific item?

Thanks:)

debitcardmayhem

closed wrote: »

avast will scan them for you

Yes indeed it will, I was going to try looking on my other system to see how much integration there is but as luck would have it it's upstairs, and the dragon will melt it :eek: Let's hope she sleeps well

debitcardmayhem

ih8stress wrote: »

Do you mean it does this automatically through realtime, or do I have to tell it to do a specific item?

Thanks:)

Yes it does, closed is correct, plus if you save the attachment you can then scan it again using either Avast or with something like Malwarebytes. Best case though is save the file first and scan for a second opinion using Malwarebytes or something else before you opening it or running it. Now go to bed, sleep tight don't let the bed viruses bite

ih8stress

Don't worry about it rob/lily/andrew ............ best to let sleeping dragons lie:) I need to slink off to my own stack of gold shortly. Night

ih8stress

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Yes it does, closed is correct, plus if you save the attachment you can then scan it again using either Avast or with something like Malwarebytes. Best case though is save the file first and scan for a second opinion using Malwarebytes or something else before you opening it or running it. Now go to bed, sleep tight don't let the bed viruses bite

DCM (and closed) to the rescue again:T. Saving it was the answer I was after. By right-clicking the attachment and choosing 'save link as' I was able to download it to my pc and then right-click and scan it from there.
(just outlining what I did for any other 'non-techies' like me:D)