My Attach folder is full of infected files.

>Yes. Yes. What I see are numerous 106,496 files with
>extensions: exe com bat scr pif.
>
>Delete delete or go to Jail.

garbage!
 >> Stay informed about: My Attach folder is full of infected files. 

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 06:38:25 GMT, Fogar <alvmos DeleteThis @tin.it> wrote:

>I use Eudora and it has "Attach" folder full of infected files.

Yep; rather that than have them embedded in the mailboxes where they
can't be Found, cleaned or deleted!

>from Swen worm.
>But I have checked that folder with updated AVG antivirus and I have
>just done an online scan with PC-cillin.
>Can I manually delete those files?

Yes. The links to the files within Eudora's messages will be red-X'd,
meaning the file's no longer there. There's no hidden copy within the
message to worry about; what you see is what there is

Best-practice: locate the attachment directory outside of your data
backup set, and point an av at it regularly. Note that changing the
attachment location (Tools, Options) after the fact will break links
from existing messages to attachments, if the existing files are moved



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 >> Stay informed about: My Attach folder is full of infected files. 

Hi Chrissy.......I had to reply to this because my idiot brother-in-law
phoned me saying "Help, my attachment file is full of viruses" ......
and I showed him how to get rid of them. He is using Eudora
1.5.......yes....1.5, I kid you not.

Now if this is supposed to be such a good program (compared to OE which
I use and love, grin).....how come it strips all the virus attachments
off and puts them in a file with all of the rest of his dirty jokes????
He uses EZ Trust as an antivirus and it could NOT delete them.

So in this case......OE is far superior to Eudora because I simply click
on Delete and get rid of them. Mind you, I have 2 Message Rules set up
that send them and the bounce ones directly to my Deleted Items Folder.

Hotmail's filters are not as good......nor are Yahoo.......and Eudora is
a joke if they put these in a folder on the hard drive and the antivirus
can't delete them.

Just felt like ranting and I saw your name and reply........LOL!!

And if you are *really* good, I will tell you how to teach a computer
illiterate how to get rid of Eudora-caused viral attachments in the
folder.

ROFL.......Heather (just in a silly mood and miss your pithy comments on
the MS groups)
"cquirke" <name.goes.here DeleteThis @nospam.iafrica.com> wrote in message
news:qeqqmvcsrr6gcu3gq4imimc7ruvl4ts3g1@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 06:38:25 GMT, Fogar <alvmos DeleteThis @tin.it> wrote:
>
> >I use Eudora and it has "Attach" folder full of infected files.
>
> Yep; rather that than have them embedded in the mailboxes where they
> can't be Found, cleaned or deleted!
>
> >from Swen worm.
> >But I have checked that folder with updated AVG antivirus and I have
> >just done an online scan with PC-cillin.
> >Can I manually delete those files?
>
> Yes. The links to the files within Eudora's messages will be red-X'd,
> meaning the file's no longer there. There's no hidden copy within the
> message to worry about; what you see is what there is
>
> Best-practice: locate the attachment directory outside of your data
> backup set, and point an av at it regularly. Note that changing the
> attachment location (Tools, Options) after the fact will break links
> from existing messages to attachments, if the existing files are moved
>
>
>
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> Loneliness is a priviledge, not a right
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 >> Stay informed about: My Attach folder is full of infected files.