Hi there, I'm not sure if this is the correct area of the forum as theres about a million sections. Anyways I am using BTNetProtectPlus in Association with McAfee (It basically just says McAfee Security Center when I mouseover the icon). I have posted on the BT community forums about this but have still received no reply.
Basically the problem is that I cannot find a "scan specific file on demand" scanner module to use for Windows Live Messenger and GetRight download manager to force a "manual" scan on a specific file after it has been received/downloaded. Basically whatever .exe/parameter to use for this setting:
The technology must exist as ya can manually scan a specific file simply by right clicking and selecting scan with McAfee.
Anyways I have searched around and theres been lots of threads ongoing about this, some from a few years back. The problem is best described this topic:
http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/showthread.php?t=196489&highlight=Windows+live+messengerBasically if a virus scanner module is not set in Windows Live Messenger, it refuses to allow you to accept zip and exe files and possibly others, and just gives this message as it thinks there's no AV program installed:
Also I can confirm this DOES still happen after restarting. With all my previous AV programs WLM and Getright automatically detected the AV module to use and scan the files with, but with McAfee they do not.
The current argument seems to be "Well McAfee scans all created files automatically so you're protected!", but this is pointless if files cannot be received in the first place due to one of the most commonly used programs EVER (Messenger) rejecting the file cause it thinks there's no AV program actively running. Also Getright splits, downloads and "Assembles" the files, it doesn't merely "create" them so I'm not sure if the protection applies there either.
So yeah, has there been any further developments over the years since all the other topics were posted? As otherwise I'm stuck telling WLM to use one of the random modules in the McAfee folder that don't seem to do anything, (but still could bodge something up) or I can't receive any files through msn and possibly other programs that demand ya have an active AV program set.
This is NOT a firewall or other security problem btw, everything else seems to work fine. There just needs to be a "scan completed download" module that can be used for these programs, especially WLM else it may be doing its job in providing protection, but not doing its job in allowing the user to complete their required tasks. Many programs nowdays require ya to manually set a specific scanner, probably to reduce their own liability for anything bad received through their service, so its an important issue.