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HELP! Recover my Inbox/Outbox file!!!
« on: February 07, 2004, 12:41:26 PM »
HELP!!!  I was using Avast for the first time and running a thorough scan.... and it found some JS:Seaker-Ie and Vbs:Redlof in my Inbox.dbx and Outbox.dbx files......
Avast couldn't repair them so without thinking I moved them to the Chest.  Now I can't view any of the emails and it's a huge problem!!

What should I do??

cc0823

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Re:HELP! Recover my Inbox/Outbox file!!!
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2004, 01:03:06 PM »
Well, I ended up just recovering them, replacing existing files.
it worked for Sent.dbx but when I tried to do the same to Inbox.dbx I got an error message:
FileID: 0000000004  Program cannot copy the following file: c:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Inbox.dbx (Original filename: Inbox.dbx )
--->Description: The process cannot access the file because

What to do ??

Please help!

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Re:HELP! Recover my Inbox/Outbox file!!!
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2004, 01:26:23 PM »
Cannot access the file because of WHAT? :)
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Re:HELP! Recover my Inbox/Outbox file!!!
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2004, 03:46:54 PM »
because... just because?!  :P  It just stopped there...  
but i figured it was cos i had outlook express open...  oops
so i restored those 2 files...


So what do i do now?  I am now running those infected inbox/sent files...

Any suggestions??

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Re:HELP! Recover my Inbox/Outbox file!!!
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2004, 04:09:21 PM »
Maybe the messages are already deleted... did you "compact the folders" (or whatever is the name of the operation in Oulook)?

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Re:HELP! Recover my Inbox/Outbox file!!!
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2004, 04:17:58 PM »
well, avast said it couldn't clean them or something... so i'm guessing it's the exact same infected file as before... except now it's no longer in the virus chest...

no i didn't compact my folders...

thx for replying, btw!