Anti virus software for Outlook 2016

Hello,
I am Rob Independent Advisor, I am here to help you to solve your issue.
Thank you for contacting the community It is a pleasure for us to help you out.
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Thanks to advances in compliance intelligence, many anti-spam filters are able to automatically learn which messages are legitimate and which are not like (spam/malware/phishing) with minimal user intervention just at the server side, before you receive your email in your Inbox.
Because of this kind of threats are difficult to avoid new days, is a good practice to have an Antivirus solution in PC Side to be protected against that, once you receive your email in your Inbox.
But, Enabling Outlook Mail Client Antivirus Integration will probably give you some headaches.
-There are some considerations you need to be aware of before enabling virus scanner integration with Outlook
Virus scanner exclusion recommendations for Outlook
https://www.msoutlook.info/question/virus-scann...

- So many Antivirus solution exist worldwide that can work as Mail scan protection,
Windows Defender Antivirus can be an option for mail scanning check:
Take a look at this:
Configure Windows Defender Antivirus scanning options
Email scanning limitations
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/securi...
My recommendations:
-Let the server side detect the threat email (spam/malware/phishing).
- Keep your SO and Office up to date.
- Keep your Antivirus up to date and perform regular scans on your PCs.
- Avoid register in suspicious websites with the affected account
-Avoid download attachments as well as clicking URLs received from suspicious senders.
- Use junk configuration to block suspicions senders.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/block-...
-Report to your email provider if received any email with
(spam/malware/phishing)
I hope this helps,
Please let me know if you have further questions.
Remember, your feedback will be very welcome.
Regards,
Rob

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and does anyone have this issue with other anti virus software companies.?
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Hello Fitzarc

A/V addins are completely unnecessary for the very reason you identified. There is no "one size fits all" answer to your question but from experience, A/V addins tend to cause more problems then whatever problems are claimed to be fixed.

A/V and A/S are two entirely different functions but personally am no more enamored with A/S addins then I am with A/V addins for a wide variety of reasons.