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Re: [ASTRO] FWD from David G. Iadevaia concerning attached virus: "weird message"

Hi all,
through this is not a specific problem about meteorites, I would like to agree
to what Brian said. I found macro viruses even of CDīs attached to newspapers.
So, if you subscribe several lists, itīs a matter of time catching such a
virus.

Joachim






Brian Nestel schrieb:

> Paul M. Rybski wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I received a message yesterday from the Embassy of the Republic of
> > Uzbekistan with an attachment label FARGANY.DOC. When I attempted to
> > open it my virus program detected a virus. The sender was by the name of
> > Irhanov and the cc list contained several others who have a connect with
> > the history of astronomy or astronomy. Has anyone else received this
> > message?
> The above is a good reason not to let your mail program or browser
> automatically open an attachment, I've snared three macro viruses
> by opening attachments offline, I also just discard any email that
> is not plain text unless I know the sender.
> --
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