On Thursday 08 March 2007 15:46 DFS wrote:
> B Gruff wrote:
>> On Thursday 08 March 2007 15:26 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> Microsoft confirms OneCare zaps Outlook, Outlook Express e-mail
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>>>> Microsoft Corp. has acknowledged that a bug in its Windows Live
>>>> OneCare security suite has been causing users' e-mail to vanish
>>>> from Outlook and Outlook Express.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012499
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>> Roy -
>>
>> You are getting so bitter and twisted now that you are becoming
>> blinded to common sense, and even to the truth. Let me me spell it
>> out for you:-
>>
>> - So Microsoft OneCare causes Outlook and OE to lose e-mail?
>
> No they didn't admit that, and that's not what happens.
Ah OK - you are of course correct - it only *appears* to be the case.
Give 'em time:-)
This is the bit that I presumably got wrong:-
"On Wednesday, Microsoft owned up to the bug. When OneCare's antivirus
scanner detects malicious code in an e-mailed file attachment, it may
quarantine Outlook's or Outlook Express' data file, making it appear that
all the messages have been erased, said the company"
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