[linux-delhi crosspost trimmed]
Sudhir Gandotra rearranged electrons thusly:
> I have received mails with the additional mail coming with an attached
> file named "zipped_files.EXE"
> I know it does not harm me in linux, but perhaps I can warn the sender
> about it and help him overcome the problem.
> Pointers/tools to help the matter will be of great help.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter - lots about viruses - and virus hoaxes.
Of course, the best advice you can give him is to ditch outlook (all variants,
from express to 2000) and switch to something safer, like Pegasus Mail / Eudora
Lite / Eudora Pro 3.x (the 4.x and 5.x versions suck bad) ...
That is, any MUA that doesn't go around trying to execute every vbscript it
sees embedded in a mail.
However, if he goes and clicks on an attachment, only god (or, for the moment,
an anti-virus prog updated on a weekly / fortnightly basis) can save him.
-s
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Suresh Ramasubramanian <--> mallet <at> efn <dot> org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin
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