Microsoft’s OneCare deletes users’ emails

Several users of Microsoft’s OneCare are finding that the antivirus component is deleting entire folders of email.

What’s happening is that the program is finding a virus in an email attachment, and then it’s quarantining or even deleting the entire personal folder where non-Exchange Server user’s messages are kept.

Recovery is only possible if OneCare decides to quarantine the file.

If you’re using OneCare, it would be best to disable it until a patch comes out.

A fix will be included in the OneCare update set to be released on March 13.