Re: 21 KB .exe file

[Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com>]

Alan Oslick wrote:
> 
> A cautionary note:
> 
> This morning I received a 21KB .exe file as an attachment to a message that
> cloaked its sender. (That is, it appeared without any information as to who
> sent it.) IE 5's "Properties" revealed no information about the sender.  The
> attached file name was "pomlllpo.exe."  I could not find a security warning
> about it on Symantec's site, nonetheless its manner of delivery renders it
> highly suspicious.
> 
> I have no idea if I was targeted for being on the TECHWR-L discussion
> mailing list, but am not, with my work e-mail address, on any other
> discussion list.
> 
> Regards, Alan
> 




I follow the policy of deleting all unsolicited attachments unless I can
verify that the sender actually sent them. Even then, I never open them
without first, saving to file, then running a virus checker. It is
called safe computing.


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