Hi,

this detection was added to avast definitions on 07.09.2004
so if you remember (or look it up in avast reports/Logs or WIN’s Event-Log),
WHEN you first got this AV-alert first):

  • try identify the mail by its date
  • or move the recent mails (since Sep.04 or so) from the INBOX to various new, empty mail folders and narrow it down like this
  • or try an OnlineScan with www.bitdefender.com → if mailscanning is enabled there, it MIGHT give you the Subject of the infected/suspicious mail
    After you know which mail it is

→ delete it with avast Shield paused, empty mail-trash and Compress/compact/CleanUp all Mailfolders afterwards. Then reenable avast shield

btw: imho this wouldn’t have happened with avast mailscanner module enabled → why don’t you use this, if you use outlook ?

P.S.: It usually isn’t a good idea, to keep tons of mails together in the INBOX
P.P.S.: make sure you have all WindowsUpdates applied (including those for IE & outlook), disable mailpreview and auto-opening of attachments in outlook, if you wish to use this notoriously unsafe Mail-program
:wink: