E-mail worm or mother-in-law worm

[Guest]

According to my mother-in-law (we could stop there), she states that
everytime I send her an e-mail from my account (MS Express), her computer and
e-mail (MSN) locks up, forcing a hard restart. However, if my wife e-mails
her from a different computer in the house (LAN) with the same account but
different username, there are no problems. What do you all think? Does she
just not want to talk to me or is this a virus, worm, or something? Thanks
for any advice you can give.

 

[Steve Nielsen]

According to my mother-in-law (we could stop there), she states that
everytime I send her an e-mail from my account (MS Express), her computer and
e-mail (MSN) locks up, forcing a hard restart. However, if my wife e-mails
her from a different computer in the house (LAN) with the same account but
different username, there are no problems. What do you all think? Does she
just not want to talk to me or is this a virus, worm, or something? Thanks
for any advice you can give.

The obvious question - have you checked your system for viruses?

Steve

 

[NobodyMan]

According to my mother-in-law (we could stop there), she states that
everytime I send her an e-mail from my account (MS Express), her computer and
e-mail (MSN) locks up, forcing a hard restart. However, if my wife e-mails
her from a different computer in the house (LAN) with the same account but
different username, there are no problems. What do you all think? Does she
just not want to talk to me or is this a virus, worm, or something? Thanks
for any advice you can give.

Your wife can't be using the same account if she's on a different
computer using a different username. She may be using the same
internet connection, but she can't be using the same account if the
user name is different.

What e-mail program is MS Express? I've never heard of that. I think
the problem is that you are trying to send her a message using a mail
program that doesn't exiist.

Seriously though, it your wife's separate account, from a different
computer, allows her mail to be read, then the problem lies somewhere
with your physical computer. Create an account for your wife on your
computer, let her logon to it and send out an email. Can your
mother-in-law read that? If not, then you've narrowed the problem
down to your box. Virus scan the hell out of it, along with rooting
out spyware/adware/malware and eradicating it.