this is a virus, if the attached file for example is humor.zip.pif ( impossible extensions in windows ). the sender himself doesn�t know and that and will not recognize that he is infected. I received some days more than 100 mails from people I do not know.
delete tha attachment and use a visur scanner. Joachim Bob Martino schrieb: > All, > > In the last couple of days I've received two e-mails from unknown persons. > > The latest was from someone named "Ivan Koutyrev" (I know we have an "Ivan" > in meteoritics these days, but I don't know his last name). Its subject > line was "Re: Apollo 'Lunar' Sample." It contained no text message but > carried an attachment with a .pif suffix. When I replied to the sender, > the message bounced. > > I wouldn't have brought this up, but yesterday I got another very similar > message. I deleted it so I can't remember the sender's name, but it was > not "Ivan." It also contained no text, just a .pif attachment. When I > replied to it, it also bounced. The subject line indicated that it was a > response to my recent list posting about the Willamette meteorite. > > I am not foolish enough to open attachments sent by complete strangers, so > I don't know what these .pif files were. That they were sent from > fictitious e-mail accounts has me concerned. Two of these in as many days > is odd. Both coming with meteorite-related subject lines is very odd. I > suspect Trojan Horses. Can .pif attachments cause damage to a computer > when opened? > > Is anyone else on the list experiencing this problem? If so, we might have > a list-wide issue. If not, then I might have become a target for some > reason. > > Any ideas? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Bob Martino Can you really name a star? > http://home.columbus.rr.com/starfaq/ > "I look up to the heavens > but night has clouded over > no spark of constellation > no Vela no Orion." -Enya > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
