Hi there,

About 2-3 weeks ago I received my first blank message.
i.e. a message with no sender, no subject and no body.
I carefully deleted it without much thought.
Over the next two weeks I received more an more, starting with a trickle of
one-or-two a day and escaleting to betwen 30 and 50 blank messages each day.

I'm worried that they are carrying viruses, trojans, bots or the like. I've
run a full virus check with my F-Prot, and tested with Adaware, and SpyBot.
No suspicious files have been revealed.

I'm working on a running Outlook 2003 (11.8010.6568) SP2.

My Toshiba Satellite Pro M30 laptop has the following config:
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
System Manufacturer TOSHIBA
System Model Satellite Pro M30
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~1795 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date TOSHIBA Version 1.60, 25/08/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.31
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 768.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 175.15 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.46 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

How concerened should I be?
Has anyone got any tips on how to prevent this?

Thanks in Advance,

Bruce Kay

e-Mail:

Work e-mail:
Mobile : +44 7746 813 777 (preferred)
Home Phone : +44 1132 440 251
Address:

Flat 29 Cromwell Court

Brewery Wharf

10 Bowman Lane

Leeds

LS10 1HN



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