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I just fixed a problem with my Outlook, Sent folder got too large had to delete it and also deleted out box folder (corrupted).

Problem was emails with attachments were sent but mail remained in out box and kept sending every time out look checked for mail.

I got the answer from here http://forums.techguy.org/web-email/469611-outlook-express-email-stuck-outbox-2.html

If you Google your symptoms there is lots of help good luck

Focus
 
IFocus said:
I just fixed a problem with my Outlook, Sent folder got too large had to delete it and also deleted out box folder (corrupted).

Problem was emails with attachments were sent but mail remained in out box and kept sending every time out look checked for mail.

I got the answer from here http://forums.techguy.org/web-email/469611-outlook-express-email-stuck-outbox-2.html

If you Google your symptoms there is lots of help good luck

Focus
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Thanks IFocus, will look into it tonight
 
outlook express has a maximum file size of 2gb and it can corrupt itself once it reaches it. inboxes with tons of messages and attachments can get to be huge so make sure you have mail organised into folders.

for the sending message twice thing, check viruses, make sure you run windows update (under internet explorer go Tools - Windows update), check you don't have a duplicate account.

OEBackup is a free outlook express backup utility if you think backups are a good idea.

Thunderbird is Mozillas email client if you want to switch to another program. otherwise outlook is good if you have purchased a copy of microsoft office
 
disarray said:
outlook express has a maximum file size of 2gb and it can corrupt itself once it reaches it. inboxes with tons of messages and attachments can get to be huge so make sure you have mail organised into folders.

for the sending message twice thing, check viruses, make sure you run windows update (under internet explorer go Tools - Windows update), check you don't have a duplicate account.

OEBackup is a free outlook express backup utility if you think backups are a good idea.

Thunderbird is Mozillas email client if you want to switch to another program. otherwise outlook is good if you have purchased a copy of microsoft office
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This article might be interesting:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/firefox-hack-attack-warning/2008/08/17/1218911441873.html
 
So_Cynical said:
firefox firefox firefox firefox firefox firefox firefox firefox firefox
firefox firefox firefox firefox firefox firefox firefox firefox firefox

Is the answer.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
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Disagree, as this may not have been browser based execution, and the machine may not have been patched accordingly.

There is a following of Firefox, but it also has holes, flaws & vunerabilities in it, not to mention some websites don't work with it.

SevenFX
 
I thought I'd bump this thread as I've recently been infected by a couple of malware programs during the last few weeks and this had me looking around for programs to clean the infected PC at home.

The symptoms were browser gets redirected to other web pages or it wouldn't load pages (both firefox and IE), couldn't connect to the internet, and any programs that require updating (eg AVG) couldn't auto update.

I run AVG antivirus and that didn't pick up any issues, but I knew something was up.

Turns out I had 2 malware infections - one that uses autorun to infect or re-infect any hard drive or USB device, and secondly a hidden windows service that hooked into the network ports and was able to redirect the browser, stop internet access, and even hijack the PC.

This second one was quite difficult to find and used plenty of tricks to hide itself (eg bypassing Windows APIs to remain invisible).

As a suggestion, you may want to look at scanning for Malware on your owns PC(s).

Cheers

OWG.
 
Got a heads up the other day about "the pox" which is apparently on many USB sticks, if you have a folder on your USB stick called 'recycler' then it has the the pox, windows doesn't recognise this as it's the same as a windows file for the recycle bin. If it's on your USB it's on your computer as soon as you plug it in and vice-versa
 
OzWaveGuy said:
I thought I'd bump this thread as I've recently been infected by a couple of malware programs during the last few weeks and this had me looking around for programs to clean the infected PC at home.
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This free (unless you want it realtime) software is excellent at locating the type of malware you mention that some other software programs seem to have difficulty locating.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
 
doogie_goes_off said:
Got a heads up the other day about "the pox" which is apparently on many USB sticks, if you have a folder on your USB stick called 'recycler' then it has the the pox, windows doesn't recognise this as it's the same as a windows file for the recycle bin. If it's on your USB it's on your computer as soon as you plug it in and vice-versa
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Yep, that's the one. There is an MS technote that details how you disable autorun that can help prevent these types of attacks. One give away, this malware tries to infect other drives, so you can actually hear it every few minutes checking the CDROM drives.

This free (unless you want it realtime) software is excellent at locating the type of malware you mention that some other software programs seem to have difficulty locating.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
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Yep installed this one. Seemed pretty good, but didn't clean up everything
 
The non-stop rollbar when login may be caused by hardware or virus.

To be safe on internet:
1. use firefox for browsing (internet explorer is too bad, it cannot protect itself from hackers so how can it protect users?)
2. use an antivirus program. I have been using Comodo for 5 years. It's free and much better than mcaffee, avg, norton antivirus etc. If you set it to safe mode, it will ask you whenever a program run i.e. no chance for virus to run without your consence. For usual programs like Word, Excel... , if you dont want to be asked whenever they run, just tick the box "remember my selection". Sure anyother antivirus has this feature but they are either too heavy or unaffective.
 
This is the week of computer problems for me.:banghead:
I cannot connect to the internet with browsers Firefox and IE. Both browsers are blank and fail to load up. There is just a blank screen.

Considering both browsers don't work I am assuming it is a browser hijack type of problem. The computer has internet connectivity because programs update etc. I've run scans but nothing.
I've also noticed the memory running a little higher than before the problem started. It is vista OS.
Any ideas?
 

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