Incoming POP Field keeps repopulating with"localhost" and timing o

[Ricktech]

Maintaining a 5 Client 2003 SBS. All clients configured to pull pop e-mail
from separate host (registrar site). One client machine is continually
re-populating the incoming pop server field with "localhost" and adding a
"/mailserver.XXX.XX after the username.

None of the other client machines are doing this. The end user is constantly
complaining that she has to retype the incoming mail server name in order to
get her e-mail.

What can cause this to happen?

Windows 2000 Pro O.S. runing outlook 2003 (other workstations have same
setup and no problems)

 

[Brian Tillman]

Maintaining a 5 Client 2003 SBS. All clients configured to pull pop
e-mail from separate host (registrar site). One client machine is
continually re-populating the incoming pop server field with
"localhost" and adding a "/mailserver.XXX.XX after the username.

That's the fault of your antivirus program. Disable the mail scanning
feature. It doesn't add any protection anyway.

 

[Ricktech]

This computer had a virus infection anyway. I wil keep in mind your solution
incase I encounter this symptom again. Thanks a lot.

 

[Brian Tillman]

This computer had a virus infection anyway. I wil keep in mind your
solution incase I encounter this symptom again. Thanks a lot.

Virus infections don't "just happen". Infections, on the whole, require the
willing participation of the victim. It's also easy to stop infections.
Just avoid the behavior that causes them (i.e., opening attachments that you
haven't requested).

 

[Ricktech]

After interviewing the end user I narrowed the cause of the infection. She
followed an unsolicited link from a listserv that led her to a site that
contained the malicious code. A fraudulent Active-X warning prompted her to
"click here" and the rest is history. Thanks for your help.