I agree with you, file names do not mean anything, unless you are positive
you know the source.
Never download an .exe file from an email or net, it will just cause a
nightmare for you and all your important data
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig R. McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, March 01, 1999 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: Servlet Bean - don't execute Happy99.exe
>maurice munoz wrote:
>
>> I saw this message last week containing happy99.exe
>> And was tempted to exe it.
>>
>> But what gave it away was the happy99.exe in the header.
>>
>> >From experience, files with funny names, give clues that it could be a
>> virus.
>>
>
>The name of the executable file has little or nothing to do with the
potential
>harm it can do!
>
>A much better rule to follow : never *ever* run an executable attachment
that
>you get in the mail (or downloaded off the net, or got on a diskette ...),
>unless you are absolutely *positive* that you can trust who it came from.
>Running a program like this is just like handing your house key to a
stranger
>and saying "here, do whatever you like with my possessions".
>
>Craig McClanahan
>
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