I'm having some trouble with OE, and IE how do I re-install?

[Guest]

Hello Allayas:

Lately whenever someone sends me an attachment, when I go to open it, it's
blank. Yes I went into Internet Options, and unchecked the box next to
"attachments" that stops them. I have a friend that keeps trying to send me
funny little things, and all her other friends get it, and I can even see
that it's 59.7Kb in size but still when I click open or save then open it's
blank.
Is there some other "secret" thing that I don't know about that might be
stopping my attachments from getting through?
I also have....
a problem with Internet Explorer, It started with not letting me go to well
known antivirus websites. Now it's not letting me go to a few other websites
that I used to be able to go to without any problem. The page just stays
blank.

I was wondering if I could just re-install Outlook Express, and Internet
Explorer. I'm using IE 6.0.2800.116.

I just can't remembe where Outlook Express comes from... Was it a download,
did it come with my OS, CD? Did it come with MS Office, or with Internet
Explorer? I don't know where to look for it. and if I do, do I have to 1st
uninstall the old one before re-installing it, thereby potentially loosing
all my favorite websites, and saved e-mails? Is there somethng like when I
click on uninstall on some applications, and it asks me, "Do you want to
repair it or uninstall it"? I'd rather have it repaired actually but
re-installing I'll do if thats what it takes.

 

[Unk]

Hello Allayas:

Lately whenever someone sends me an attachment, when I go to open it, it's
blank. Yes I went into Internet Options, and unchecked the box next to
"attachments" that stops them. I have a friend that keeps trying to send me
funny little things, and all her other friends get it, and I can even see
that it's 59.7Kb in size but still when I click open or save then open it's
blank.
Is there some other "secret" thing that I don't know about that might be
stopping my attachments from getting through?
I also have....
a problem with Internet Explorer, It started with not letting me go to well
known antivirus websites. Now it's not letting me go to a few other websites
that I used to be able to go to without any problem. The page just stays
blank.

I was wondering if I could just re-install Outlook Express, and Internet
Explorer. I'm using IE 6.0.2800.116.

I just can't remembe where Outlook Express comes from... Was it a download,
did it come with my OS, CD? Did it come with MS Office, or with Internet
Explorer? I don't know where to look for it. and if I do, do I have to 1st
uninstall the old one before re-installing it, thereby potentially loosing
all my favorite websites, and saved e-mails? Is there somethng like when I
click on uninstall on some applications, and it asks me, "Do you want to
repair it or uninstall it"? I'd rather have it repaired actually but
re-installing I'll do if thats what it takes.

Run Outlook; click Tools, Options, "Security" tab.
Uncheck the box, "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a
virus"
Uncheck the box, "Block images and other external content in HTML e-mail."
Click "Apply", "OK"

You could also click on the File menu, and click Save Attachments.

 

[Spikey]

Lately whenever someone sends me an attachment, when I go to open it, it's

Outlook express and IE6 are incorporated in XP.

If you go to the windows update site there is a cumulative update that
fixes various outlook express problems.

 

[PA Bear]

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

When all else fails, HijackThis v1.99.1
(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your log to http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate
forums for expert analysis, not here.**
--
IE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser
OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org