Dear Sean,
@26-Aug-2005, 10:01 Sean O'Donoghue [SO] in
mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
SO> I downloaded the Bat and have been using it for a couple of days.
SO> From the start, I have had problems with disappearing emails -
SO> when I just click some part of my inbox, it empties -
... <snip>
If you Alt-click on anything in the message list, you are creating an
instant filter. Any messages not containing that will be hidden. Use
<Ctrl+=> to remove the instant filter.
SO> The 2 ISPs I use - Zen & Virgin = remove viruses from their
SO> systems before they get to me -
Clearly not...
SO> however, my virus checker on doing its daily check this morning
SO> informed me that it had removed 7 viruses from my system - all in
SO> bat files ie bat3cc7.tmp -
These tmp files are pre-imported files. When TB downloads messages
from your ISP, they are stored as tmp files before being loaded into
your inbox. The Bat has (as it is supposed to) downloaded messages
from your ISP. The messages were infected. I have a feeling that your
virus protection system may have blocked the files at the tmp stage,
which is why they persist.
So, the existence of these infected files in your system is as the
result of some failures. 1) Your ISP did not remove them as you
expected them to. 2) Your antivirus failed to allow TB to import them
as ordinary messages. 3) You don't have a TB compatible antivirus
(such as Grisoft's AVG) for TB to filter out infected messages itself.
However, none of this means you have *an infection*. The infected
messages have not been executed - they merely exist. So you have
nothing to worry about.
SO> viruses are i-worm/mytob.bt, Trojan horse generic ajo,
SO> worm.netsky.b - almost certainly came in with The Bat
They came in from your ISP in the normal way. The Bat! certainly
doesn't "come" with viruses!!! It is the most virus resilient email
client out there!
SO> Anyone got any suggestions - is the disappearing email related to
SO> the viruses - I assume it is
Certainly not. TB is virus proof of itself. It executes no code so
viruses do not take hold.
SO> This I have reported to the Bat people
That won't really help much.
--
Cheers -- //.arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator and fellow end user
TB! v3.60.02 Forerunner (Beta) on Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
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