Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Microsoft Confirms OneCare Zaps Outlook, Outlook Express e-Mail

Gregg Keizer writes on ComputerWorld:

Microsoft Corp. has acknowledged that a bug in its Windows Live OneCare security suite has been causing users' e-mail to vanish from Outlook and Outlook Express.

A fix, the company said, is in the works and will be pushed to OneCare users next week.

The OneCare bug, first reported by users writing on a OneCare support message thread six weeks ago, seemed to be deleting Outlook and Outlook Express data files -- .pst and .dbx files, respectively -- after a malware scan.

More here.

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