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. Pavel Kraus CAA CR [log in to unmask] ==================================== Sinister dexter est!