When sending or forwarding an email with an attachment OE will send anywhere from 4 to 92 coies of the email and the virus protection program in the receiving computer will show the emails as containing a virus. The sending machine shows no virus when checked with AVG anti-virus program and no malware when checked with Windows Defender or Spybot S&D.

Hi phxjack, Thank you for visiting the Microsoft Windows Vista Community site. The issue you posted is related to Microsoft Office and would be better suited in the Office Discussion Groups. Please visit the link below to find a community that will offer the support you request. http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/FlyoutOverview.mspx Regards,Vijay K - Microsoft SupportVisit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

phxjack,For better assistance please try the Microsoft public newsgroup for Outlook Expressinstead.Via Web:http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general Via newsreader:news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general Windows XP General newsgroup...Via your newsreader:news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.generalVia WEB:http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.generalThank you for understanding!Hope this helps,Vincenzo Di Russo Microsoft MVP Windows Internet Explorer, Windows Desktop Experience & Security - Since 2003. My MVP Profile: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Vincenzo

Since when is Outlook Express part of MS Office?

Hi Phxjack, Thanks for posting. This can happen occasionally if you have a email scanner or virus protection scanning any emails. For testing can you please disable and anti-virus and or email scanning utilities and see if the issue is resolved. Hope this helps! Shawn - Support Engineer - MCP, MCDST Microsoft Answers Support Engineer Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think