I know enough to look out for .vbs or .exe files, but this file ended in (random message).TXT.pif The message is one of many chosen at random by the virus. I didn't know that an executable file could have a .pif extension. Neither .exe or ..vbs was present. Clicking on that link to Symantec doesn't seem to work, but typing it in does. Go figure. Doug Ted Blank wrote: > > It is good advice not to run any executable that comes from an unknown (and > therefore untrusted) source. .VBS is another type of executable file > (Visual Basic Script) and some nasty viruses have come packaged this way. > But not all attachments that end in .exe contain viruses. We used to > distribute our programs as .exe attachments BLW (Before Larry and the Web). > Just be doubly careful with these files. > > I also urge people to beware of a simple trick: naming a file something > like funnyjoke.txt.exe where your eye might catch the 'txt' part and > you double click on it (thinking that Wordpad or some editor will get > invoked). Of course, Windows only looks at the last extension which is > 'exe' and poof you are in trouble. > > BTW, the URL in the note below should end in html, not htm. > > Regards, > Ted Blank > > IBM Global Services - Performance Management and Capacity Planning at the > Washington Systems Center > Office: 238 Highland St., Portsmouth, NH 03801 Tieline: 8-253-9969 > Outside: (603) 433-9201 > Office Fax: (603) 433-9190 Pager: 1-800-759-8888 PIN 1151100 > Notes: Ted Blank/Portsmouth/IBM@IBMUS Internet: ted@.......... > > Doug Crice@.............. on 11/22/2000 12:28:18 AM > > Please respond to psn-l@.............. > > Sent by: psn-l-request@.............. > > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > cc: > Subject: Virus Warning > > If you get a message with a link with the extension .pif or .exe, don't > open it, it contains a virus. > > You can read about it at > http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w95.mtx.htm > -- > Doug Crice http://www.georadar.com > 19623 Via Escuela Drive phone 408-867-3792 > Saratoga, California 95070 USA fax 408-867-4900 > __________________________________________________________ > > Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L) > > To leave this list email PSN-L-REQUEST@.............. with > the body of the message (first line only): unsubscribe > See http://www.seismicnet.com/maillist.html for more information. > > __________________________________________________________ > > Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L) > > To leave this list email PSN-L-REQUEST@.............. with > the body of the message (first line only): unsubscribe > See http://www.seismicnet.com/maillist.html for more information. -- Doug Crice http://www.georadar.com 19623 Via Escuela Drive phone 408-867-3792 Saratoga, California 95070 USA fax 408-867-4900 __________________________________________________________ Public Seismic Network Mailing List (PSN-L)
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