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Cannot attach an html file to my yahoo mail | use another email account

davidgreen — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:18:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Cannot attach an html file to my yahoo mail
Poster: davidgreen
Post title: use another email account

You could create another free email account quickly with hotmail or mail.com for example in about 5 minutes and then try to send it that way. If another email provider says the file is infected then I certainly wouldn't send it until it's clean.
Good luck

Cannot attach an html file to my yahoo mail | Is my HTML file infected or not?

Kardi Kho — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:36:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Cannot attach an html file to my yahoo mail
Poster: Kardi Kho
Post title: Is my HTML file infected or not?

Hi NieJing, Stefan, thanks for your replies. Actually I managed to send the file using my Hotmail account as Hotmail did not detect any virus. With Yahoo, I did try to zip the file before attaching it but Yahoo came back with the same message, the file was infected. What really puzzles me now is that is my HTML file infected or not. Does anyone have an idea why this might be?

Cannot attach an html file to my yahoo mail | Try zipping the file...

Stefan Keller — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 08:16:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Cannot attach an html file to my yahoo mail
Poster: Stefan Keller
Post title: Try zipping the file...

...before you attach it. Always a good idea.

Regards,
Stefan

Cannot attach an html file to my yahoo mail | You send the file with OE.

Jing Nie — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 02:53:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Cannot attach an html file to my yahoo mail
Poster: Jing Nie
Post title: You send the file with OE.

I don't know if your HTML has been infected . But I assume that you send the file through in your internet explorer.

You can choose to send your Email using OE( Outlook Express) or similiar Email client softwares since Yahoo will not inspect viruses in this way .

But if the receiver also use a Yahoo mailbox, he/she have to receive the file using an Email client software to receive your Email.

Cannot attach an html file to my yahoo mail

Kardi Kho — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:38:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: Cannot attach an html file to my yahoo mail
Poster: Kardi Kho

I have been trying to attach an html file I have just translated to my yahoo mail but with no success. Yahoo keeps saying that the file is infected and cannot be attached. I then ran Norton AntiVirus (I use the latest version, SystemWorks 2004, with the virus definitions updated) but Norton found no virus on my computer. Since Yahoo also uses Norton to scan its attachements, how come it detected a virus when my antivir did not? I also tried HouseCall online virus scan with the same result: my computer was clean. Now I am wondering if my html file is really infected as this only happens to this one file, I had no problems attaching other html files.

[Edited at 2004-08-17 01:47]