Pesky Virus problem

[andygo]

I am sure I have a virus on my laptop but cannot find it.

The symptoms are when I start up Outlook Express a recent opened application will try and access the internwet. This app. might be windows task manager, autoroute, excel or anything.

Norton antivirus/firewall alerts me to this and asks my permission to allow access.

I decline, as I dont want task manager to access the net.

This alert is flagged up each time the 3 email accounts i use are accessed in sequence.

The only way to get round it is to shut down OE and open it again. It generally happens only immediately after a reboot or hibernation.

Furthermore, often, after coming out of hibernation, the laptop qill not respond to requests to open any application. If I ctrl/alt/del, I find that IE is running in the processes section. If I end that instance of IE, the system unfeezes.


I have tried cw shredder, adaware, spybot, NAV etc to no avail.

any ideas guys?

[Plotloss]

Are you sure its not OE trying to fetch your mail?

[andygo]

Doesn't do it on any other pc, and does it even if I try and just 'send' only. Also, only does it just after a reboot/hibernate instance.