[meteorite-list] Strange e-mails

From: J. Hirschmann <joachim_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:03 2004
Message-ID: <3C694BED.1BECCEC4_at_hirschmann.net>

this is a virus, if the attached file for example is humor.zip.pif (
impossible extensions
in windows ). the sender himself doesn´t know and that and will not recognize
that he is infected. I received some days more than 100 mails from people I do
not know.

delete tha attachment and use a visur scanner.

Joachim

Bob Martino schrieb:

> All,
>
> In the last couple of days I've received two e-mails from unknown persons.
>
> The latest was from someone named "Ivan Koutyrev" (I know we have an "Ivan"
> in meteoritics these days, but I don't know his last name). Its subject
> line was "Re: Apollo 'Lunar' Sample." It contained no text message but
> carried an attachment with a .pif suffix. When I replied to the sender,
> the message bounced.
>
> I wouldn't have brought this up, but yesterday I got another very similar
> message. I deleted it so I can't remember the sender's name, but it was
> not "Ivan." It also contained no text, just a .pif attachment. When I
> replied to it, it also bounced. The subject line indicated that it was a
> response to my recent list posting about the Willamette meteorite.
>
> I am not foolish enough to open attachments sent by complete strangers, so
> I don't know what these .pif files were. That they were sent from
> fictitious e-mail accounts has me concerned. Two of these in as many days
> is odd. Both coming with meteorite-related subject lines is very odd. I
> suspect Trojan Horses. Can .pif attachments cause damage to a computer
> when opened?
>
> Is anyone else on the list experiencing this problem? If so, we might have
> a list-wide issue. If not, then I might have become a target for some
> reason.
>
> Any ideas?
>
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