AVG Free 9.0 Not Scanning Thunderbird e-mail

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My AVG Free 9.0 is not scanning incoming Thunderbird e-mail, like my previous AVG 8 did. I have uninstalled and reinstalled AVG 9.
Under E-mail Scanner, AVG just lists Microsoft Outlook as "Installed e-mail protection". Is it possible that AVG no longer scans Thunderbird e-mail?

I have been plagued with trojan horse infections, and have to run a/v scans almost daily with AVG and Malwarebytes. My best guess is they are coming from email, and it is obvious that AVG 9 is not scanning as they come in. My scans are catching these infections, but it would be nice to catch them as they come in.

Any suggestions?

 

[snels]

Anybody have any suggestions?

 

[Imzadi]

Completely uninstall version 8 then install 9. I had a problem with V.8 when it first came out. I went to the Add/Remove Programs in my control Panel and it asked me which version of AVG I wanted removed. Turns out, AVG only installed some kind of upgrade onto AVG 7 instead of uninstalling AVG 7 then doing a clean install of Version 8. Once I removed both AVGs and installed version 8 it was working fine. Maybe the same thing will happen for you with Version 9.

 

[snels]

Thanks for the thoughts, Imzadi.
You gave me an idea. I'll try uninstalling and reinstalling once again, and pay close attention to see if there is an email choice during install.

 

[snels]

Thanks for getting me to think in the right direction. I think I got the problem solved.
I didn't do the express installation. During the custom installation, there is a place for email plugins. Outlook was checked. I unchecked it, and checked "Personal email scanner, for all other email applications." Now it seems to scan incoming emails.
I am hopeful that this will solve my trojan horse plague.