In Outlook Express, or Outlook, turn off the "Preview Pane" which can cause viruses like Klez and BugBear to run automatically at preview. Next, create a special folder on your desktop for scanning potentially infected messages. (I've created one specially for the purpose called "Virus Stuff") Next, with Outlook Express/Outlook open, and before trying to open any messages, click once on the first message line to highlight it, then click on "File" in the upper left, choose "Save As" from the menu. When the "Save As" box loads, in the "Save In" line, use the drop down menu to navigate to the desktop "Virus Stuff" folder. Next, look to the "Save As Type" line in the lower section of the window and make sure it says: "Mail (.eml)" (or ?Message Format *.msg in Outlook), then click on the "Save" button. After the messages have been saved to the "Virus Stuff" folder, RIGHT click directly on the folder, choose "Scan For Viruses" and let your antivirus program do its stuff. If there are any infected HTML messages, they will be found BEFORE you try to open them. Delete any infected message from the Virus Stuff folder AND from Outlook Express/Outlook.
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Does anyone know of an e-mail scanner/virus protection that supports SSL connections? I have an AT&T mail address set up throught Outlook Express and cannot use Trend Micro PC-Cillin 2002 to scan e-mail for viruses since AT&T requires SSL connections to download mail. Or does anyone know how to configure OE to enable the scan. Thanks in advance for any and all help.
Marc

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