SSL/TLS with Thunderbird and Avast

RichDRichD Essex, UK
edited February 2011 in Science & Tech
Hi Guys,

I have recently got round to converting my AV from Avira to Avast but when I launch Thunderbird I get a warning that the SSL/TLS encryption prevents avast from checking my emails.

I assume that the SSL/TLS is like some sort of handshake that prevents applications intercepting your email acount user name and password and thus with it switched on Avast can not access your email.

If I turn SSL/TLS off in Thunderbird then Avast can access it but I am concerned that there is no security now when my email is accessed

Avast does say that it will encrypt passwords before they are sent so again, my assuption is that the data is sent unsecure between Thunderbird and Avast but that Avast applies the the security before sending it on to the outside world?

Is my logic correct?

Cheers

Rich

Comments

  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited February 2011
    Your assumptions are correct.
  • RichDRichD Essex, UK
    edited February 2011
    thanks Kryyst. I have had worlds of problems with this "upgrade". you have to re start your pc after installing but avast doesnt do it automatically. when i disabled ssl it started freezeing and i had to pull the plug on the pc. the wheneve avast was running it would hang for ten-fifteen seconds then work for thirty before hanging again! went to bed last night with it broken then carried on tonight. when i booted chkdsk ran itself on boot and found a number of problems.

    PC rebooted again and i got bsod saving the registry hive was borked. Used vista disk to try and repair but that opted to do system restore to before avast was installed. manually ran chkdsk C: /f /r and rebooted again. installed avast and it started hanging again but this appears to be fixed by a restart.

    touch wood its now up and running... though i do have some concerns over my HD. will have to see how it behaves!

    thanks for your answer above!
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited February 2011
    Jebus. Sounds like more then just an av switch problem.
  • RichDRichD Essex, UK
    edited February 2011
    I think I found the problem! the case fan next to the hds was dead. Guess the HD was over heating. it seems to have proper died now. hoping the actual disk is still ok and that I can restore the os! not a hapy PC!
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