MS OneCare can eat your e-mail

FYI…

- http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2101590,00.asp
March 7, 2007 ~ "…The thread* started with a message in January and it's still running today, with no clear resolution. In brief, if you get a virus in an email message received by Outlook, OneCare's next virus sweep may quarantine or delete your entire email store. If you receive a virus via Outlook Express, OneCare may quarantine or delete the entire folder containing the virus…"
* http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsOneCare…00&SiteID=2

(More here: http://www.appscout.com/2007/03/dont_let_o…t_your_emai.php )

FYI…

The current (combined) thread on the subject has 109 replies in it, last relevant post here:
- http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsOneCare…=2&PageID=7
Today, 1:16 AM UTC ~ "OneCare Team is working to address an issue where the anti-malware engine for OneCare is erroneously quarantining Outlook .pst files or Outlook Express .dbx files, when the .pst file or .dbx file contains an infected attachment. The only affected users would be customers that have .pst files encoded in the Outlook 97/2000 PST format and users of Outlook Express on Windows XP. This issue will be fixed in the next engine update, scheduled for Tuesday, March 13…"

…Then again, maybe not: http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?s=&a…st&p=359621

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FYI…

- http://preview.tinyurl.com/3c3cga
March 13, 2007 ~ "(Computerworld) - Microsoft Corp. quietly deployed a patch to its Windows Live OneCare security suite earlier than expected to fix a bug that has erased some users' e-mail. "On Sunday, March 11, the Windows Live OneCare team released a new antimalware engine that will fix the issue of OneCare erroneously quarantining certain Outlook .pst or Outlook Express .dbx files when infected files were detected within them," a Microsoft representative confirmed today. "Windows Live OneCare customers whose PCs are connected to the Internet will automatically get this fix"…"

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