Greetings Marck,
Thanks for the "warning" about the signature delimiter - have now
sorted it out
I have almost certainly not used Alt-click - however, thanks for the
tip - and now I know how to make my emails visible without closing and
restarting the Bat
Marck> If you Alt-click on anything in the message list, you are creating an
Marck> instant filter. Any messages not containing that will be hidden. Use
Marck> <Ctrl+=> to remove the instant filter.
My daily virus scan - using AVG - has not found a single virus since
Virgin started filtering viruses some time back - 2-3 years? And
today it turns up 7? Quite a coincidence! But as you say, it could
be that instead of taking them out on their server, somehow or other
they are getting to my computer - have just now run AVG again and find
JS/Kak there on in a temp folder.
SO>> The 2 ISPs I use - Zen & Virgin = remove viruses from their
SO>> systems before they get to me -
Marck> Clearly not...
It would seem therefore that since I started using TB,
some viruses are not being removed when they are on the server
of my ISPs - but that their headers are in my temp
folder, non-executable - but this morning so far i have
received 2 mails from which the viruses have been removed
-on my virgin account
Marck> These tmp files are pre-imported files. When TB downloads messages
Marck> from your ISP, they are stored as tmp files before being loaded into
Marck> your inbox. The Bat has (as it is supposed to) downloaded messages
Marck> from your ISP. The messages were infected. I have a feeling that your
Marck> virus protection system may have blocked the files at the tmp stage,
Marck> which is why they persist.
I use Grisoft
Marck> 3) You don't have a TB compatible antivirus
Marck> (such as Grisoft's AVG) for TB to filter out infected messages itself.
Marck> However, none of this means you have *an infection*.
But why was / is my TB behaving so strangely?
Marck> The infected messages have not been executed - they merely exist. So
you have
Marck> nothing to worry about.
Glad to hear this
Marck> Certainly not. TB is virus proof of itself. It executes no code so
Marck> viruses do not take hold.
And thanks for your help
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Sean O'Donoghue
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