Virus???

[alex]

Okay I am totally stumped on my office computer. Basically, when I receive an email to one my work email accounts and open it to read it Outlook 2003 sends out a blank email to that person. There are no attachments to the messages.

I have run 3 different anti-virus software programs, spybot and adaware and I am not finding anything wrong. Any ideas on where to go next?

 

[2ndAmendment]

I think you have a Trojan horse or virus. (When was the last time you updated your OS and your virus and spyware programs and definitions? (rhetorical)) If it wasn't today, they are too old.

 

[2ndAmendment]

There is another possiblity. Do you have a blank away from office message configured?

 

[alex]

The virus definitions are updated as of 8 AM today and I do not use any automated response messages. No out of office, or thanks for your email we will respond in xxx days. If it is a trojan nothing and I mean nothing is picking it up.

One question - it only seems to happen with emails sent from our website which is hosted on a linux server. Could the problem be there?

 

[2ndAmendment]

Linux and UNIX drive most of the servers world wide much to the chagrin of Bill Gates, so unless others are having the same problem, I doubt it.

 

[alex]

Well the IT staff decided to wipe my hard drive and reinstall everything so we will see what happens.

 

[2ndAmendment]

Well the IT staff decided to wipe my hard drive and reinstall everything so we will see what happens.

If it is a boot sector virus, that won't work unless they rewrite the boot sector. Boot sector viruses are harder to detect too.