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Thunderbird locks when trying to attach to an email. Whazzap?

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When composing an email, pressing "Attach" freezes Thunderbird. Sending and receiving messages both still work after restarting T-bird..

Starting in safemode does not help.

When composing an email, pressing "Attach" freezes Thunderbird. Sending and receiving messages both still work after restarting T-bird.. Starting in safemode does not help.

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That sounds like the McAfee issue that has been around for months.

Disable attachment scanning in your anti virus program.