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[David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>]

Is this a case of "if you use Outlook with the preview pane, and you
previewed the message, you automatically ran the attachment?"

I use Entourage X (with the preview pane disabled) under OS X, so I have not
put much thought into the mechanics of how Windows users allow their
computers to get infected.

David

On 8/22/03 10:48 AM, "Rebecca O Connell" <rloconne AT unity.ncsu.edu> wrote:

> Can a .pif file be launched by opening a Word file? A coworker of mine got a
> message saying that a .pif virus had been caught and quarantined when he
> opened a Word file that a colleague sent him (one that he had been 
> expecting,
> that looked as expected when opened).
> 
> Also, do you always have to open the attachment in order for the virus to
> work? We got the Sobig virus here (and possibly a few others as well) and I
> have a hard time believing that as many people open suspicious attachments 
> as
> got the virus. I love my Mac. And my Mac loves me. It does.
> 
> On 8/22/03 10:30 AM, "Ruth Suehle" <wuzzled AT nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>>> Anyone gotten spammed by Sobig?  I've gotten somewhere around 10 emails in
>>> the last 24 hours,
>> 
>> You poor poor thing. Between my work address (particularly the public
>> webmaster-type address) and my home spam-target address and the variety of
>> worms this week, I've deleted nearly 2000 messages since Tuesday.
>> 
>>> Anyone else had similar experiences?
>> 
>> Yeah, you might say that.
>> 
>> Ruth
>> 
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