Have an up todate scanner functioning all the time you are on the internet and especially when downloading e-mail. This way a virus will be detected and stopped from infecting your computer.

TIP
Outlook Express (6.0) - Not Full Proof - but does often work well

•   Create a folder for incoming attachments - call it attachments
•   Try to keep up to 10 unwanted e-mails in this folder*
•   Create a rule for all e-mails with attachments to go directly to this folder. All these e-mails with attachments will be diverted to this folder and away from the inbox.
•   If a virus is detected (as an attachment) exit OE and via windows explorer locate the file "attachments.dbx". Highlight it. Hold down the shift key and press delete. The offending e-mail along with all others in your attachments folder will be deleted completely from your computer.
•   Restart OE and a new and empty attachments folder will be setup.

Contact me for more precise instructions, if you have trouble setting up or understanding what to do.

Risking Infection To Keep An Imortant Message
*  If your insistent about keeping an e-mail message after a virus has been detected in the same folder you run the risk of opening the attached virus if viewing in the folder. howeer, you can attempt this ...
Method: Select the message directly above the offender and holding down shift and selecting the one below - thus selecting three. Still holding down shift press delete (key) - all three e-mails will be removed ... is not in the deleted folder - just gone for good. If you are having trouble getting an e-mail message above or below the offender, then click each of the header buttons of each column to reorganise their order. More columns can be added via the view options.