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Wed, 13 Jan 1999 04:46:47 -0800
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Winship <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>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
[...]

Yes, it's real. Check
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/picture-exe-th.html

However, running *any* attached file without scanning it is a bad
idea, no matter who it comes from or what it's named.

-rex

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