ViraLock for Outlook Express prevents user from spreading a virus through email unintentionally to all the contacts on the email account. It also saves the files and thus the confidential information present in them. This software is also efficient in limiting the spams that continuously arrive while being online. The working procedure of this application is based on encrypting all the mail addresses found in the Outlook or Outlook Express email programs and thus stopping any malicious program from intruding in the system and accessing the addresses of various contacts for the purpose of mailing itself out to others by itself.

ViraLock for Outlook Express has capability of automatic encrypting and decrypting of email addresses when the transaction of mails takes place i.e. mails are sent or received. It automatically decrypts the contacts highlighted and email addresses which can then be easily viewed. ViraLock for Outlook Express has a pro-active feature, which stops the infected contacts from sending the user any mails and thus the viruses are also jammed from uplifting and distributing any kind of data that is stored in the system.

The spam feature of Viralock avoids the Web beacons generated by user triggering and in this way avoiding the presence of spammers. This minimizes the chances of receiving spams in future. Windows 2000/XP any of these two operating systems mentioned here are compatible with ViraLock for Outlook Express.