Forum Archive Index - October 2001

[Will Bryant <will@sharechat.co.nz>]

> Is
> anyone else getting this pesky unsolicited mail with .PIF attachment from
> "Peter" ?
Yup, he's got a virus
there..

> I've
> received it about three times this week haven't opened it, can't find
> much info re ".PIF"
They're a hangover in
Windows from the old DOS days, basically running a PIF file is running a
program (at least, just as risky), so yeah, don't open them.

(As always, best approach is to never open anything if you aren't sure
what it is, and expecting it..)

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