Re: W32/swen@mm

From: helper (there)
Date: 09/23/03


Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:03:22 -0400


Why do you think your Outlook is affected?
If you're just getting emails with viruses, it
doesn't mean that your Outlook is infected.
Make sure you're using IE/Outlook 6.0 with
all latest patches from:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

As for emails, just delete them.

Consider using these free (for home use) tool:
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_download.html

"Jack Stone" <> wrote in message
news:05c601c38201$4e151ad0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> My e-mail (outlook express) is affected with the above
> virus. I have tried everything I know of, McAfee
> Antivirus, Stinger and minor solutions found on the web.
> Contacted McAfee technical support and they sent me a link
> to a document which walked me thru the scanning process to
> see if I had a virus. I had already received a McAfee
> Virus Alert a couple of days earlier and knew I had the
> virus, which I had told them in our conversation. I have
> even placed a check mark in the "Disable System Restore"
> in My Computer and then ran both Mcafee and Stinger.
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated. On a scale of 1
> to 10 in computer knowledge, I would think the highest I
> might be would be a 4
>
> Jack



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