I actually got Happy99.exe the other day.  I thought I had gone through
a time warp.

jp

Carl wrote:
>
> In the last 3 days I've gotten about 5 emails with a virus attached.
>   All different types of attachments. .doc. .xls  .zip.
>   This is WAY higher then my normal virus detection (about 1 every couple
> of months).
>
>    I was wondering if I was being singled out, but now it appears that
> other people are also experiencing this problem.
>
> The headers show all different sources, but for some reason ( I'm not sure
> why) I get the feeling that they are in someway mail list list related.
> I've noticed one of the virii coming in a  TAPR list I subscribe to.  I'm
> not sure what the common denominator is yet, but I'm still looking.
>
>   BTW, if you have an attachment with a .zl extension, That's Zonealarm's
> active email protection 'quarantining' the attachment by adding/changing
> the extension.
>
> Carl
>
> At 01:34 PM 7/23/2001, you wrote:
> >I've gotten 5 emails today all carrying a virus with .pif or .doc as the
> >file name extension but that are actually executables. The emails all say
> >something like "I send you this file in order to have your advice" except
> >for one which appears to be a mail bounce notice
> >
> >They have been posted by
> >142.177.77.1 = hlfx27-1.ns.sympatico.ca
> >195.80.173.138 = collak.profi.sk mailto:postmaster@profi.sk
> >200.52.208.19 = customer-VER-208-19.megared.net.mx
> >mailto:grosado@megared.com.mx
> >194.29.160.2 = elektron.elka.pw.edu.pl mailto:postmaster@pw.edu.pl
> >
> >Let me know if anyone else get these and NEVER open an attachment that you
> >didn't expect to receive or that you don't know is not a program. PIF and
> >DOC can be programs just as easily as EXE, COM, VVS.
> >
> >---
> >James Newton, Admin #3 mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com
> >1-619-652-0593 VM 1-208-279-8767 FAX
> >PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com or .org
>
> --
> http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different
> ways.  See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.

--
http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different
ways.  See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.