OE question:

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CJ Jones

Hey all,
How can an email be sent from OE without my permission? I've opened the
program and saw there were a dozen Sent unread emails, obviously spam,
and I never sent these at all. I use AVG and Trend Microware, and
neither picked up malware. I'll try again with the Microsoft tool, but
it's just confusing me to no end.

Ideas?

CJ
 
OE | Tools | Options | Security tab | Check:
Warn me when other applications try to send mail as me

Warn me when other applications try to send mail as me
[[Specifies that you want Outlook Express to warn you when another program
tries to send a message to contacts in your Address Book or contacts list
without your approval. Viruses can spread by sending copies of e-mail
messages containing the virus to your contacts.]]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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CJ Jones said:
Hey all,
How can an email be sent from OE without my permission? I've opened the
program and saw there were a dozen Sent unread emails, obviously spam,
and I never sent these at all. I use AVG and Trend Microware, and
neither picked up malware. I'll try again with the Microsoft tool, but
it's just confusing me to no end.

Ideas?

CJ
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"You" probably did sent them.
Your system has obviously been compromised.
-Pete
 
I gathered that, thanks. I just was wondering how to turn off the "send"
if I just want to receive mail. And, Microsoft tool isn't finding
anything either.

C
 
Wesley said:
OE | Tools | Options | Security tab | Check:
Warn me when other applications try to send mail as me

Warn me when other applications try to send mail as me
[[Specifies that you want Outlook Express to warn you when another program
tries to send a message to contacts in your Address Book or contacts list
without your approval. Viruses can spread by sending copies of e-mail
messages containing the virus to your contacts.]]
Click to expand...


Thanks Wesley, I did check that, for some reason it just didn't seem to
help. I'm still running the spytool.. I'll post if it finds anything.

CJ
 
X-No-Archive: yes


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X-No-Archive: yes
CJ Jones said:
I gathered that, thanks. I just was wondering how to turn off the "send"
if I just want to receive mail. And, Microsoft tool isn't finding
anything either.

C
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You can control the sending of messages under tools/options in o.e.
 
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Panda_man wrote:
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Thanks Panda, that's what I figured when nothing showed on MS removal or
Symantic tools. I'll go visit your site today.

CJ
 
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