Re: Strange E-Mail WAS: Re: Has Anyone Heard of This?

--- Carsten Becker skrzypszy:

> Some days ago, I got an email from Thomas R. Wier (trwier@uchicago.edu was
> in the "name" field), it was also a bit strange. However, the title was
> "Re: Here" and the content was just "Read this!". A .PIF file was
> attached (I forgot its name). Because PIF's are executables, I did *NOT*
> download the attachment and immediately deleted that suspicious file. So
> Peter, if this was intention and you really wanted me to read something,
> please say so and send me that mail again.
Good that you didn't open it, because it most definitely a virus. I got the
same thing twice, from Thomas Wier and Peter Clark. Do not even consider
opening stuff like that, because it is quite obvious that if a list member
would send something in private to another list member, he/she would do so
under the appropriate subject header, and with an explanation instead of
just an attachment.

Jan