Email Scanning Feature of Anti Virus Software Might Damage DBX File

Today viruses have become the biggest threat to your computer data and software. In order to remove or prevent viruses, Anti Virus software are available in the market. These applications scan your hard drive and remove virus infected files. You can also scan the incoming emails using anti virus software to remove virus infected mails and attachments from being entered your system. But in some cases, email scanning function might damage the DBX files of Microsoft Outlook Express and lead to critical data loss scenarios. In such cases, you are required to carry out Outlook Express Recovery to retrieve inaccessible data from damaged DBX files.

When you attempt to start Microsoft Outlook Express, you may find that the contents of Inbox folder are missing or inaccessible. The contents of Inbox folder might be replaced with the new first run “Welcome to Microsoft Outlook Express” message. In such cases, you do not get any error message that the Inbox items have been removed, and the deleted or missing items are not available in Deleted Items folder of Microsoft Outlook Express. Such situations need Outlook Express Repair to be sorted out.

Root of the problem

This behavior of Microsoft Outlook Express is encountered if you use McAfee Virus Scan anti virus application's email scanning function. When the McAfee Virus Scan anti virus software is installed, email scanning option of the anti virus software might result into Inbox database file corruption and data loss situations. When email scanning feature is used to scan incoming or stored emails of DBX files, the database corruption might take place.

In Microsoft Outlook Express, the Inbox.dbx is repository of all your critical data and this file is used for Inbox folder. When this file gets damaged, on the next startup of Microsoft Outlook Express, this file is checked for the consistency. At this stage, that data which Virus Scan application damaged is removed and new first run message is created.

Resolution

In order to fix this behavior and retrieve your valuable data, you are required to repair and restore damaged DBX files. This is best possible with the help of powerful and advanced third party applications, known as Outlook Express Recovery applications.

These tools are powerful enough to methodically scan the damaged DBX files and retrieve all of the data from them. You need not to have sound technical skills to achieve Outlook Express Repair using these applications as they come equipped with interactive and simple graphical user interface.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is the most excellent tool to ensure safe, easy and quick recovery of damaged DBX files. It works well with DBX files of Outlook Express 6.0, 5.5, 5.01 and 5.0. This software is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista, XP and 2000.