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  1. 08-23-2005 03:44 PM #1
    Grezaldo
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    I emailed an access database to someone but he said he can't open it because his computer says there is a virus on it. I ran a virus check and it says it is clean. I have a good anti virus programme and i update it regularly. My computer has just been given its yearly health check by a professional and i am sure he would have found a virus if it existed.
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  2. 08-23-2005 04:05 PM #2
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    Anti virus programs can look at things differently. If they want what ever you send, they have to turn off their A/V.

    Just because your PC "just" had its annual service by no way means that it is clean. Getting a virus does not take long, just a fraction of a second can do it.

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  3. 08-26-2005 04:23 AM #3
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    Did this database contain any macros. The recipient's scanner may see that as a virus.
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