Virus Scan for Attachments
Gmail scans attachments in e-mails for viruses and other malware. It would be nice if Proton was able to scan attachments in e-mails for viruses so we don't accidentally download an infected file.
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It would be wrong to assume that any email attachments have been scanned for malware and scripts as other email providers do, since this is encrypted email. If I know and trust who is sending me an attachment, it doesn't protect me if they aren't aware that their system has has been infected by a virus that duplicates and attaches itself to files. I have such a contact, but since becoming aware of it I do not accept attachments from them. Since Proton email is encrypted, the scanning would have to be done by us the end user?