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Ed,
Thanks a lot. I haven't heard from the person (or computer) who sent
it to
me so I must assume he's not on this net. I'm going to delete it without
opening it.
Thanks for the help.
Bob Saville
M3396H 415C
Eugene, OR
PS....Come out to our Fly-in 'Weenie Roast/Potluck' in September and I'll
see
that you get an extra hotdog. (I can afford that, they're free) ;-)
Ed Burkhead wrote:
> Bob,
>
> I would treat that attachment as an explosive device.
>
> I ONLY open attachments with these suffixes:
> .jpg
> .gif
> .msg
>
> I treat these attachment types as almost certain viruses:
> .exe
> .com
> .vbs
> .scr
> .bat
> .pif
>
> Anything else, I treat as very suspect because even Word, Excel and
other
> documents can contain script viruses.
>
> I would only open an executable file (second category) if I had talked
to
> the sender and pre-arranged to have that file sent to me AND had saved
it to
> disk and had my virus checker inspect it. Be sure your virus check
program
> has up-to-date signature files because if your signature file is old,
you
> could easily miss the newest, most active viruses.
>
> I've stayed virus free for 17+ years of active e-mailing.
>
> Ed Burkhead
> http://edburkhead.home.insightbb.com/
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Saville [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 10:32 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] RE: Virus infested e-mail with subject: A
very
> good tool...
>
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>
> I have a message in my 'inbox' with a subject of "First flown in
1929as
> a Hornet, the sender is
> tucson Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and it has an attachment with a .exe
in
> the address.
> Did anyone else receive this message? Does anyone know who is
sending
> this and is it safe to open?
> I have Norton Works with anti-virus but I'm a little shy of the exe in
the
> attachment.
> I don't want to delete it until I find out if it's on the level and
> rally is something interesting.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Saville
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following
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> advice in this forum.]----
> >
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > Yes, I got an e-mail from a known member, and didn't hesitate to open
> it....A
> > VIRUS...Luckly, I have Norton Symantic anti-virus installed, and it
caused
> no
> > problem. However it had a different subject line from this one.
> >
> > I did e-mail the member whose e-mail it came from...tho I recognize
even
> they
> > might not have known their computer was abscounded by the virus...
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Harry Francis
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