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Steve Rindsberg
Hi folks. A warning ... there appears to be a new virus making the rounds.
In the last few minutes, my wife and I have received half a dozen emails
that share common characteristics:
They purport to be from someone we know
The return address is a cobbled up thing: it might be
fred@someplace_else.com where Fred is the person we know, someplace_else is
some other domain altogether.
The subject is along the lines of "Let's have a party" or it may purport to
be a mail from Travelocity.com (my guess is that it's just a subject chosen
from the infected party's inbox)
The body of the email isn't the usual nonsense you get in these things;
again, I think it's lifted from somebody's existing Outlook messages, but in
the case of the travelocity email, it referred to the attachment as an
intinerary.
The email has a file attached; it might be xxx.bmp.scr (an executible
masquerading as a screensaver masquerading as a bmp) or a PIF (program
information file) or something equally vile.
I'd be *very* careful about opening any email attachments. If you haven't
asked for it, don't open it. And even if it appears to be from someone you
trust, don't open it until you've confirmed that it's what it purports to
be, and don't trust the icon or extension to tell you the truth about what's
in the file.
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Steve Rindsberg PPT MVP
PPTLive ( http://www.pptlive.com ) Featured Speaker
PPTools: http://www.pptools.com
PPT FAQ: http://www.pptfaq.com
In the last few minutes, my wife and I have received half a dozen emails
that share common characteristics:
They purport to be from someone we know
The return address is a cobbled up thing: it might be
fred@someplace_else.com where Fred is the person we know, someplace_else is
some other domain altogether.
The subject is along the lines of "Let's have a party" or it may purport to
be a mail from Travelocity.com (my guess is that it's just a subject chosen
from the infected party's inbox)
The body of the email isn't the usual nonsense you get in these things;
again, I think it's lifted from somebody's existing Outlook messages, but in
the case of the travelocity email, it referred to the attachment as an
intinerary.
The email has a file attached; it might be xxx.bmp.scr (an executible
masquerading as a screensaver masquerading as a bmp) or a PIF (program
information file) or something equally vile.
I'd be *very* careful about opening any email attachments. If you haven't
asked for it, don't open it. And even if it appears to be from someone you
trust, don't open it until you've confirmed that it's what it purports to
be, and don't trust the icon or extension to tell you the truth about what's
in the file.
--
Steve Rindsberg PPT MVP
PPTLive ( http://www.pptlive.com ) Featured Speaker
PPTools: http://www.pptools.com
PPT FAQ: http://www.pptfaq.com