My best guess is it is caused by Spam Bully, or you have an uninvited
visitor in your machine. Try with Spam bully disabled. If that doesn't cure
it, I would do a thorough search for an infestation. If you have one, a
reformat will not always get rid of it.

Courtesy of MVP Robear Dyer (PA Bear):

Checking for/Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_R...:_Introduction
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/tshoot.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

When all else fails, HijackThis
v1.99.1(http://aumha.net/downloads/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to
use. It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware.

**Post your log to http://aumha.net/viewforum.php?f=30,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html,
http://forums.subratam.org/index.php?showforum=7, or other appropriate
forums for expert analysis, not here.**
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"rvidair" wrote in message
...
Yes. Spam bully.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Any spam program running?
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"rvidair" wrote in message
...
A new folder always pops up called "challenge" and emails always end up
in
it
with the subject "challenge" in the email. Then it takes a recent email
and
automatically sends it back to that person preceded with the message
"I was unable to find you in my list of contacts. The attached image
contains a password. Reply to the email and enter the password in the
subject
or body of your reply". The person then sends it back to me wondering
what
I'm talking about. I delete the "challenge" folder, but it always
reappears
within a few hours. I run Norton anti-virus, but it picks up nothing.
It's
been going on for about a month now. How do I get rid of it short of
formatting. I don't mind doing that, but I don't want to lose all of
my
old
emails. Thanks