Re: Computing for Outlook Express in VB.


"Mike Williams" <Mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Peter Nolan" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Hello Mike, Here is the implemented version of your program:
> > [big snip] . . . and the program continues to save copies of the
> > email into the drafts folder and it all works perfectly. Many thanks.
>
> You're welcome Peter. By the way, there are lots of free virus scans
> available on line, as long as you ensure that you get them from well
> respected companies whose name you have typed into the web address box
> yourself (rather than a link you have clicked on that might actually send
> you to a bogus site). Try McAfee for example at:
>
> http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/?siteID=16&resolution=&rurl=vrContactOptions.asp
>
> All virus programs detect most viruses, but none of them regularly detects
> them all. Use more than one to check your computer. Also try some of the
> spyware checkers that I've already mentioned, and also HiJackThis! If you
> still have trouble it might be worth using one of the virus newsgroups and
> telling them exactly what "messages" you are getting. Most stuff can be
> detected and removed, if you try hard enough, but I must admit that in the
> past I have on more than one occasion simply ditched the whole system and
> completely reinstalled Windows. It's no good just doing a Windows
> re-install. Lots of stuff can hide from that. You need to start up into
DOS
> (using a DOS floppy boot disk from startup) and do a complete reformat of
> your drive first. Scarry stuff, but worth it in the end. By the way, have
> you got a "back to out of the box condition" CD with your system. If you
> have then it will be easier to use that that to reformat. Be careful when
> making your data backups though. Only backup data that is your own and
that
> you are sure about. Wouldn't want to make a backup of the virus and then
> reinstall it again! You'll need to make sure you've got copies of all your
> hardware drivers of course (graphics card, modem and stuff like that). The
> graphics card doesn't matter too much, because you can usually download a
> driver for it after reinstallation, but the modem driver (if you are using
a
> modem) can be a bit awkward if you haven't actually got it on CD or
> something. On both times I reformatted and reinstalled I had trouble with
> the modem, and rather than spend long hours (or days!) trying to set it up
> again so that it worked I just went out and bought another, complete with
> driver disk. You can get them for next to nothing these days.
>
> Mike


Hello Mike,

I'm delighted that you saw my message about implementing your code. I
realised later that I didn't need to fire the timer on a second by second
basis and could have set Timer1.Interval= 60000 and then just count up to
the numbr of minutes between saves. This is a simple thing to do. I'm sorry
about appearing to be a slow on the uptake but like most males I'm
programmed to do just one thing at a time and while that so and so virus was
causing problems I was unable to get to OE reliably but the virus in any
event was causing problems even at boot up. You write:

> By the way, have
> you got a "back to out of the box condition" CD with your system.

and I do. I will be mad as hell if I have to reformat the HDD and then
reinstall the applications I use like VB 6.0 along with the relatively small
number of programs I've written compared to the heaven only knows how many
code snippets and complete projects you have written. However you wrote:

> Most stuff can be
> detected and removed, if you try hard enough, but I must admit that in the
> past I have on more than one occasion simply ditched the whole system and
> completely reinstalled Windows.

and because based on intuition I figure that the virus will hide in the
depths of the system I may have to do this very thing and start from
scratch.
I figured from the start that the best way to stop an attack is to prevent
the virus from ever getting through in the first place so I hope to get
antivirus software now but it might be too late.
You talk about NG's that cover viruses. Can you recommend one where I would
post a question about the ibm00001.exe file that was listed as infected?
When I reinstalled eMbedded Visual Tools and probably replaced the sp.dll
that was as you pointed out from SP HiJacker it was just a coincidence that
the two files had the same name perhaps. However while this had a grand
impact on the system there is still something amiss. I hope by asking you to
recommend an NG that covers viruses I'm not at the same time asking too dumb
a question! When I went to the newsgroups carried by NTL, my ISP, I saw
four, like alt.comp.antivirus for example. Am I on the right track?

Best Wishes,

Peter.
Dublin.





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