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OUTLOOK.EXE running Wild
Name: jpoirotiiii Date: March 12, 2004 at 07:04:46 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 1Gig
Comment:
Has anyone found a reason for the OUTLOOK.exe not ending? At times I have 30-40 of these running as processes and can not seem to shut them down. Eventually I need to flick the power switch as closing them through the task manager would take an hour to do.
Name: btm Date: March 12, 2004 at 07:40:18 Pacific
Reply:
Sorry I don't have an answer, but I do share your problem. I'll close the app. and then go to Task Bar> Processes and find 10 Outlook.exe's running! Hope somebody has an answer.....good luck.
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Response Number 2
Name: blender Date: March 12, 2004 at 13:52:27 Pacific
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jpoirotiiii, btm
Might want to try an online virus scan....sounds like something (like a worm) is sending out a boatload of emails each running as a seperate process...
jpoirotiiii
Also shouldnt display your email addy like that right in the post...we get bots running through here looking for email addys to spam. It is enough to put your email in your personal profile whick I believe is hidden from the spam bots.
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