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Outlook Profile Infected

Discussion in 'Microsoft Mail (Outlook / OE / Windows Mail)' started by specdragon, 2008/10/01.

  1. 2008/10/01
    specdragon

    specdragon Inactive Thread Starter

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    Outlook 2007 and 2003 Profiles
    Operating System XP Pro


    I know for a fact I have something in several Outlook profiles on different computers. I keep getting returned e-mail (undeliverable) that I never sent, or thought I never sent. When I send 1 email I notice it sends 2 of 2 most every time on the status bar. I even wiped one computer to be sure and get a clean plate to work from but the problem has to reside in the .PST file. It was scanned with Zone Alarm, Spybot S&D, Spyware Blaster, CCleaner, Windows Defender, and 2 other "˜online’ scanners, nothing.

    All computers are "˜clean’ as far as the above programs are concerned therefore I can only assume it was resident before I got to the computers. "˜HiJack This’ does not list any extraneous or unknown programs so something has dug itself in deep into the .pst. I would prefer to keep the .pst and would have a difficult time without the information so just dumping it is not an option for now.

    Is there a scanner for Outlook? I am not that familiar with the operations of Outlook, I usually have good luck at keeping **** out of it. But I am not sure how to detect or eradicate a resident problem while keeping data intact.
    Any ideas would be appreciated…
     
  2. 2008/10/02
    Arie

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    I highly (like extremely) doubt there's anything "in" your PST.

    As for the return messages, that's also something normal. Spammers have used your email address as the "return" address for their spam, & consequently you get all bounces. It is also possible that someone who has your e-mail address in their address book has a virus that is mailing itself to others putting your address in the FROM: field. If there are any old (no longer valid) addresses in that persons address book, this causes undeliverable virus generated e-mails to be return to you.
     
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