Email safety
If I click to open an email In my Yahoo account, will it first be scanned by Webroot for viruses and malware or does my click to open constitute my "permission" to Webroot to let the email through regardless of content?
Hi jimvenice
Welcome to the Community Forums.
No, the email itself will not be scanned as WSA does not include an email protection feature per se. HOWEVER, having said that, any attachment or URL link included will be scanned as and when you attempt to open or use them....so if either is, respectively, harbouring malware or pointing you to a potentially unsafe website, then WSA jumps in to protect you.
I hope that clarifies things for you, but if not then please feel free to post back further questions.
Regards, Baldrick
Welcome to the Community Forums.
No, the email itself will not be scanned as WSA does not include an email protection feature per se. HOWEVER, having said that, any attachment or URL link included will be scanned as and when you attempt to open or use them....so if either is, respectively, harbouring malware or pointing you to a potentially unsafe website, then WSA jumps in to protect you.
I hope that clarifies things for you, but if not then please feel free to post back further questions.
Regards, Baldrick
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