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Outlook Express gone Crazy

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by giacomo

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I installed outlook express for one user and when the user sends email the recipient receives two emails. The one that has the users message has the Subject XXX on it and the other email has NO SUBJECT but has the following inside the body of the email
"[Filename: FREE_xxx_sites.TXT.pif, Content-Type: application/octet-stream]
The attachment file in the message has been removed by eManager."

Does anyone know why this happened?

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by firefox

You have a virus. It's called W95.MTX. You can find more information on it at http://service1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/html/W95.MTX.html. You can download a copy of a fix tool to rid your system of it by going to http://service1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/info/html/W95.MTX.Fix.Tool.html and following the instructions on the screen.
If any spaces show up in the URLs I gave you, they are unintentional. For some reason, TechRepublic likes to insert spaces in messages sometimes.
I also recommend getting an anitvirus program to prevent infections from happening again. Make sure the program gets installed on all machines and is updated regularly.

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