RE: Beware of Virus zip attachment [Was: SUO: Weah, hello! :-)]
Murray,
Do you know if a .zip file without a password
is safe to open on windows? I've heard mixed
rumors on that one, but nobody seems to know
for sure.
Also, I've gotten half a dozen .zip attachments
this morning from weird addresses. Some new
virus must be out.
Rich
Murray Altheim wrote:
> sowa@bestweb.net wrote:
> > Argh, i don't like the plaintext :)
>
> John, your English is sounding a bit stilted. :-)
>
> > ..btw, "64166" is a password for archive
>
> Sounds like John got infected by the latest virus, or at least his
> email address was used by the virus.
>
> Don't open any zip file attachments if you're on Windows if they
> require a password. These are designed to elude virus detection
> software. The original message (supposedly from John Sowa) contained
> the latest virus (I'm on linux and am not in any danger, and in
> fact opened the zip to look at the virus in more detail, whose
> file name is 'hinmckcw.exe'.)
>
> Murray