Just received this from my LAN Administrator:<br><br>So far this virus has not hit us, but we need to watch out for it because it will turn your computer into a spamming machine.<br><br>Be aware of:<br><br>Subject: The subject line will be one of the following: <br><br>Re: Application <br>Re: Movie <br>Re: Movies <br>Re: Submitted <br>Re: ScRe:ensaver <br>Re: Documents <br>Re: Re: Application ref 003644 <br>Re: Re: Document <br>Your application <br>Application.pif <br>Applications.pif <br>movie.pif <br>Screensaver.scr <br>submited.pif <br>new document.pif <br>Re: document.pif <br>004448554.pif <br>Referer.pif <br><br>Attachment: The attachment name will be one of the following: <br><br>your_details.zip (contains details.pif) <br>application.zip (contains application.pif) <br>document.zip (contains document.pif) <br>screensaver.zip (contains sky.world.scr) <br>movie.zip (contains Movie.pif) <br>If you see any of this in an e-mail you receive (except from this one) please do not open it, and just delete it.<br>

 

Wow Hoss when did you learn how to make virus's? :P

 

This one hit our company pretty hard yesterday. But I think it's aimed primarily at Outlook servers.

 

Outlook is all we use... :

 

They let .zip files come through in e-mail without being scanned?

 

You got me.....I just work here. :

 

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They let .zip files come through in e-mail without being scanned?
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The virus protection being used is only as good as the current virus list it's working against. I guess they're always one step behind the idiots concoting the bugs. Last I heard, our CIS boys were pretty stressed here trying to individually fix over 200 infected PC's. Personally, when I got the message, it had &quot;VIRUS!&quot; written all over it, so didn't launch it. The file has a .pif extensiion which is very old Microsoft Widows code.

 

Thats wacky.....I saw this post this morning but didn't pay it no mind. Left the computer for a few, came back and checked my e-mail. Had a message from UC Berkeley regarding my application....I'm thinking * ? Berkeley? Liberal spawning ground/think tank? Center of the protester universe?
??? ???
Fortunately the virus protection got it before I did.... 8)


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[quote author=Commatoze link=board=10;threadid=16377;start=0#153670 date=1056644996]<br><br>Personally, when I got the message, it had &quot;VIRUS!&quot; written all over it, so didn't launch it. The file has a .pif extensiion which is very old Microsoft Widows code.<br>[/quote]<br><br>Awareness is a good thing, too. I can't remember the last time someone I don't know sent me a legitimate e-mail with an attachment... <br><br>PIF is the extension for Program Information File, used in Windows to configure DOS environment, memory size and type and other settings (window size, etc.) for DOS programs running in Windows.