QB now asks for password

[esentziak]

When I started QB today (QB Pro 2002 Version R7P), a screen came up asking me for a password.

There was a default user of Admin and I left password blank and clicked on OK , and was able to access QB without entering a password.

However I am totally puzzled. I did not set up any users and this screen did not come up until today.

What worries me a bit is that I opened an attachment on an email (a word document) which was not what I expected and which appears to come from a company which sent me a virus a few months' ago.

Norton is up-to-date and I scanned the document before opening it and Norton did not find a virus. I have also done a full scan with no infection found.

Still I get worried when something new, which I did not instigate, starts happening on the computer.

Any ideas?

Thanks and regards
Esentziak

[RobJoy]

I have had this happen a few times on my client's PC. He only opens the QB file to look at stuff - he never enters or changes anything (he wouldn't dare!) - but now and again it will ask him for a username and password. Then I bring in his updated file and overwrite his version, and it doesn't ask any more.

I've never been able to pin down why this happens, but I don't think it can be a virus. It started happening months ago, but only quite rarely. Nothing seems to be amiss with the company file.

So I cannot offer you an explanation, but it doesn't seem to do any harm. As you say, it's worrying when applications seem to be making their own decisions!

[esentziak]

Thanks for reply. Everything seems to be OK, still cannot understand how I got an email with a subject heading of "information on ADSL" which contained a document in Spanish, which appears to be on telecommunication de-regulations".

I don't speak Spanish but being French and having studied Latin, I can sort of guess.

It's a bit spooky!

Regards
Esentziak

[RobJoy]

That email certainly sounds viral, but I have never known Norton to let me down. Just keep taking the backups (and the headache pills).