Hi
Thanks for the warning about the "virus" file.
I have the extensions turned on in the folder options, so things like this
show up better. If you have them hidden it looks just like a .doc file.
I also read a lot mail in Outlook Express by first right clicking the
message in the "in-box",
then selecting "propeties" at the bottom of the menu,
Then selecting the "details" tab,
and finally pressing the "message source" button which is near the bottom.
This allows you to inspect the contents of an E-mail, and read the text,
without "reading" it as such.
The program makes no attempt to decode attachments or display pictures etc.
it is just the raw text that you see, complete with all header information.
Also, I don't know whether you realise that you can just drag an E-mail out
of Outlook Express and drop it into an Explorer window. This creates a file
with a .eml extention, but you can rename it to a .txt and then examine it
with your favourite dos text editor ( I'm so old fashioned !). I use this to
manually "quarantine" messages.
Forgive me if I'm teaching Grandmother to suck eggs here (English idomatic
expression) but it was an eye-opener to some of my collegues at work.
73 and thanks once again for the warning
Hugh M0WYE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alberto di Bene" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: LF: Dont open "Larry Kayer" msg VIRUS
Andrew Nunn wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I received a message purporting to come from a member of this list at
> 15.24 today. This had an attachment with the filename
> satellites.doc.pif. Thankfully this was caught by my virus checker
> (definitions dated 30/09/2002) and quarantined.
>
Well, my virus checker didn't spot it. Probably it needs to be updated.
I read the message, but did nothing about the attachment.
Then, after reading the warnings, I deleted that message alltogether.
Am I infected ? I used Mozilla to read the mail, so if the virus relies
on security exposures of Outlook, I should be safe.
Any advice based on direct experience on this ?
TNX es 73
Alberto I2PHD
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