Cfgwiz.exe Virus And Dbx Corruption

By Author: Mohit Mathur
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cfgwiz.exe is a Windows executable file used by Norton antivirus software. But sometimes, when you experience issues with this file, it might directly indicate a virus. Such type of instances are found to be related with Outlook Express DBX corruption. The folders like Inbox, Sent Items etc. can become unresponsive or show indifferent behavior when these types of viruses affect. In such cases, you require an updated data backup or otherwise, will require an DBX Repair utility.

The further discussed behavior will help you understand such problems in detail. Suppose you use Outlook Express and observe that when you click the Inbox folder, it doesn't respond. You need to forcefully close the application to exit. This behavior repeats at each attempt of opening the Inbox. Later, you notice some peculiar symptoms that indicate virus in cfgwiz.exe file.

Cause

Your Outlook Express Inbox is corrupted due to virus attack. The sluggish behavior can also be the result of an oversized Inbox.

Solution

Check the size of Inbox.dbx. If it is ...
... near or above 2 GB, the slow Inbox behavior might be the consequence of large file size value. You can solve this issue if you can open and then delete the messages. To reduce the overall size of Inbox, you need to compact the folder later.

Next, you should scan your computer with a powerful and updated antivirus software. However, it is highly recommended to have a pre-installed antivirus software to prevent such data loss.

To correct the Inbox issues, you need to first enable the view of hidden files and folders. The reason is that *.dbx files are hidden files and may not be visible when searching for them. You can workaround this issue by renaming the Inbox.dbx file. Outlook Express recreates an empty Inbox folder if it finds the standard folder missing.

Outlook Express doesn't provide any built-in repair utility for corrupted DBX files. So, you need a third-party DBX Repair Tool to repair and then restore data from a corrupted OE folder. These applications are easy to use with self-explaining steps. Also, these are safe DBX Repair utilities, effective to be used while each type of *.dbx file corruption.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is an advanced and reliable repair utility that repairs corrupted Outlook Express files and restores the e-mails in new *.dbx and *.eml files. The DBX Repair Tool supports Outlook Express 5.x and 6.x. The software has an easy to implement interface. The software is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000.

About The Author: Mohit Mathur has passion for writing Technical articles. He is right now writing articles related to products like DBX Repair Tool & Split PST File and has now become a professional writer.
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