You probably have some kind of spyware or trojan that's attempting to use OE (and maybe succeeding) to send mail.
"Looking in startup" requires a special tool because there are many places that spyware and trojans can hide. Download and run this: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/autoruns.html How to use Autoruns: 1. Boot into safe mode after downloading it. 2. When you start it the first time, press ESC key immediately. 3. Click Options and click to enable "Verify code signatures" and "Hide Signed Microsoft Entries". 4. Press F5 5. Un-check everything displayed. 6. Reboot into normal mode. If your problem has gone away, something you un-checked was responsible. You must now go back to Autoruns and carefully put back the things you un-checked which are needed. Don't re-enable anything that looks suspicious or unfamiliar. You need much MUCH more than just antivirus on a computer these days. Some kind of anti-spyware program is a must. Here are several free ones to choose from: http://snipurl.com/btif (Microsoft Antispyware) http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html http://www.ewido.net/en/ Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of E.R.Kooi Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 5:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Outlook Express wants all the attention. Beste Al, yes I looked in startup and OE was not in it. Met vriendelijke groet, Eppo R. Kooi. -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Al Christie Verzonden: zondag 4 december 2005 8:42 Is it possible to use msconfig to stop OE from loading at startup? Not sure about its loading a few seconds later though. ----- Original Message ----- From: "E.R.Kooi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A couple of days ago the following problem suddenly appeared. Spontaneously Outlook Express "took hold" of one of my PC's, say PC2. Since I do all of my mail on another PC, say PC1, with Outlook, I never used OE on PC2 had up till then never been used or even selected. PC2 is a rather fast PC with Windows/Home and SP2. When I turn the power on on PC2, It immediately loads OE. When I clos OE it loads again in a few seconds. The only remedy to be able to use another program is to make the window of OE as small as possible and place it in a corner of the desktop. When you minimize OE it returns full size as soon as you hit a key. As long as OE is loaded it is not possible to use the keyboard to type anything. It looks like that OE is constantly active, even though there is no activity performed by OE. The taskmanager does not show any use of the CPU if no other program is running. I checked several times for virusses but none is shown, except the very first time I checked. The Generic.ca was detected. It could only be removed by deleting the infected file. For the few seconds after closing OE everything seems to be OK. -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
