On 13 Jan 99, at 1:33, thus spake Winship:

> Does anyone know anything about this?  Is it legit or another hoax?
>
> Douglas
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> WARNING: DON'T OPEN PICTURE.EXE EMAIL ATTACHMENTS
> If you get a picture.exe email attachment, don't open it. It's a Trojan
> horse that tries to worm its way into your system in search of passwords
> and other info. Then it tries to establish an Internet connection -- and
> sends what it's found to an email address in China. Weird but apparently
> true. Network Associates updated its McAfee anti-virus software to detect
> picture.exe. But security experts continue to warn users to be careful;
> picture.exe appears to be more insidious than the typical Trojan.

Somebody asked about it on bulletin boards about Norton antivirus on
Symantec site (http://www.symantec.com/). As  I remember, Symantec
tech stuff confirmed that it is serious.



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