>Instead I make a point of checking every executable file before I run
>it, even when it comes from trusted former sysop friends.
I received a message, apparently from [EMAIL PROTECTED], dated Feb 7, 2000,
routed through Mexico, bilingual Spanish/English, with a base64 attachment
Fix2001.exe, supposed to fix a Win 95/98 Y2K problem, either with the OS or the
Internet software, I couldn't tell which. It was supposed to be run before year
2000, but then why was it not sent until Feb 7, 2000, and why was it Fix2001.exe
and not Fix2000.exe? I queried, got "User unknown" for [EMAIL PROTECTED],
which really made it look suspicious. So I queried techsupport, that went
through, and I got the response that it was not from Bluegrass Net, that I
should not install Fix2001.exe. Who knows, maybe a prank to format my hard
drive: shows where automatically executing an email attachment can be hazardous,
even from what pretends to be a trusted source. Somebody could fake the
identity of your trusted former sysop friends!
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