Hi Andy, Thanks for all your help with this kind of stuff. That's why I update my virus definitions every week. Thanks again. Avery At 01:40 PM 07/23/01 -0600, you wrote: >Pianotech readers: > >I have some filters on this mailing list which catch attachments that >appear to be Windows executables (programs that Windows allows to do >anything to your system). I usually catch one or two virus posts a >week that were headed out on the pianotech list. Today I have caught >12 so far. So some email virus is making the rounds big time. I just >thought I'd drop a note out to everyone to remind you to be careful >when you open email attachments. Some email programs don't show you >the suffix on the attachment, but if the suffix is something like: > > .exe > .com > .scr > .pif > .lnk > >then you should be very suspicious of the message. > >The virus tries to trick you into opening the attachment by forging >the header fields. So the mail might appear to come from someone you >know, or even appear to be a reply to a subject you've sent mail on. >Sometimes the body of the message contains a short message like: > > Hi! How are you > > I send you this file in order to have your advice > > See you later. Thanks > >But I've seen all sorts of tricky text like "Thought you might find >this funny..." and so on. > >So watch out for these messages and I highly recommend using one of >the many anti-virus products available. > >-andy
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