I've got a virus

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Drywaller

I have a problem with windows mail. when I send a message out with an
attachment (pic), the receiving party gets 5 copys. The first one to arrive
in there inbox is reported to have a virus,(so says yahoo mail),the remaining
copies are reported as clean. I can send attachments with text only and they
go thru just fine. Today I sent to myself an email with an attachment that
had text and animation, I received in my inbox 1 copy and the other 4 copys
appeared in my Deleted items folder. I have scanned my system
many times with several programs and came up empty handed.
Windows Vista Business Service Pack 2 Explorer 8.0.6001.188821033 Norton
360 4.0.0.127 English Retail
I just replaced the hard drive and up graded to vista business. This vermin
got aboard before my norton 360 was installed. ANY IDEAS ON FIXING THIS
PROBLEM
Thanks Bill
 
Drywaller said:
I have a problem with windows mail. when I send a message out with an
attachment (pic), the receiving party gets 5 copys. The first one to
arrive
in there inbox is reported to have a virus,(so says yahoo mail),the
remaining
copies are reported as clean. I can send attachments with text only and
they
go thru just fine. Today I sent to myself an email with an attachment that
had text and animation, I received in my inbox 1 copy and the other 4
copys
appeared in my Deleted items folder. I have scanned my system
many times with several programs and came up empty handed.
Windows Vista Business Service Pack 2 Explorer 8.0.6001.188821033 Norton
360 4.0.0.127 English Retail
I just replaced the hard drive and up graded to vista business. This
vermin
got aboard before my norton 360 was installed. ANY IDEAS ON FIXING THIS
PROBLEM
Thanks Bill
Click to expand...

Did you do a full scan of your system, did Norton find anything, I thought
not.

My guess is that it is not a virus at all, but simply a setting in your mail
account?

To see the message attachment:

First put all the 5 copies of the message that you sent to yourself into the
Inbox, select each one while holding down the Ctrl key, with all parts
selected, right click on them and choose Combine and Decode, from the
menu>double click on the resultant attachment.

To stop it happening again:

Go to the Advanced tab of your mail account and remove the tick from 'break
apart messages'.
Tools menu>accounts>select your account>properties>Advanced>apply>OK.
 
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