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H hanford_lemoore Tiki Socialite Tiki Central Joined: Mar 23, 2002 Posts: 1899	H hanford_lemoore Posted posted on Mon, Jan 26, 2004 10:19 PM FYI: Don't fall for this latest virus. It emails complete RANDOM email addresses (I got an email addressed to "[email protected]", and that for sure is an email that is not used ANYWHERE on this planet!) It sends a .zip file, and claims that the mail transmission failed but a partial file is attached. Something like this: The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment. My guess is there's a virus in the .zip file. The contents of Zip files don't get scanned by email virus detectors, so this will slip right through most (all?) virus detection software. I'm sure we'll be reading about this virus tomorrow. ~Hanford [ Edited by: hanford_lemoore on 2004-01-26 22:32 ]

FYI:
Don't fall for this latest virus. It emails complete RANDOM email addresses (I got an email addressed to "[email protected]", and that for sure is an email that is not used ANYWHERE on this planet!)

It sends a .zip file, and claims that the mail transmission failed but a partial file is attached. Something like this:

The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been
sent as a binary attachment.

My guess is there's a virus in the .zip file. The contents of Zip files don't get scanned by email virus detectors, so this will slip right through most (all?) virus detection software.

I'm sure we'll be reading about this virus tomorrow.

~Hanford

[ Edited by: hanford_lemoore on 2004-01-26 22:32 ]

Post #72758 by hanford_lemoore on Mon, Jan 26, 2004 10:19 PM