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Some additional info I forgot to include in my first post:
I’m using windows XP Pro
avast! version 4.1 Professional
Build: Mar2004 (4.1.357)
Xtreme Toolkit version 1.9.4.0
ActiveSkin version 4.2.7.3
Mail Client: Thunderbird
Spampal version 1.53
I also installed the MS critical updates just hours before the first occurance of this problem. Rebooting alone did not fix the problem. I had to bypass avast to download the email batch that was causing the problem.
Prior to this problem avast and Spampal were working well together and emails were being scanned and disinfected on a regular basis.