Self-Replicating Email Message (Virus?)

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Carson Elder - 15 Feb 2005 05:07 GMT

I'm using Oulook Express 5.0.6 on a Mac running OS 8.6. I received a junk
email that cannot be deleted and self-replicates itself when selected. After
producing 32 copies of itself, all blank in "subject," "from," and "to"
fields, I don't know what to do. They are no longer replicating, but I
cannot delete them. When I try to move them into another folder, they only
create a copy in the new folder. The messages are located in the core IN BOX
which cannot be deleted. Any suggestions?

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TG Online (MVP) - 15 Feb 2005 07:10 GMT

> I'm using Oulook Express 5.0.6 on a Mac running OS 8.6. I received a junk
> email that cannot be deleted and self-replicates itself when selected. After
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> create a copy in the new folder. The messages are located in the core IN BOX
> which cannot be deleted. Any suggestions?

I don't think that this is a virus. I would compact the database first...

<http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tg.online/keyboard/oe5_database.html>

Then, launch OE, turn off the Preview Pane via the View menu, select the
messages in question and delete them, then empty the Deleted Items folder,
and finally re-enable the Preview Pane. Hopefully, that should fix it.

HTH,

Ricky

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Self-Replicating Email Message (Virus?)