Re: [microsound] question/help re: questionable program/possible virus (ot)

["Scott" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andrew

First of all, never open any attachment with a double file extension.

Now, to sort out the problem, I have had great luck using trendmicro's
online virus killer.
http://housecall.antivirus.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <andrewduke@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <idm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <313@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:05 PM
Subject: [microsound] question/help re: questionable program/possible virus
(ot)

> (apologies for crossposting)
>
> Dear listmembers:
>
> I always scan attachments for viruses before I open
> them and yet have just encountered a problem I can't
> seem to solve.
>
> A friend emailed me a document entitled
> 1stpressrelease.pdf.pif
>
> When i downloaded it to my desktop, it showed up not as
> a document, but as a shortcut with the MSDOS icon.
> When I tried to open it up in the newest version of
> Adobe Acrobat, it wouldn't work, so I threw it in the
> recylce bin and then emptied the bin (and emailed my
> friend who sent me the attachment).  I thought all was
> well, but I've just found that there is now a program
> in my startup called befy.exe; i have scanned this file
> about ten times and my updated norton antivirus doesn't
> say it is a virus, but there doesn't seem to be any way
> I can delete this file; a properties query tells me
> that it is an application.  I'm quite anxious because I
> have gigs here in Halifax tomorrow and Friday nights
> and then I leave for a mini-tour on Tuesday, so I
> definitely want to get this application off my computer
> and make sure everything is A-OK.  Any help would be
> super appreciated. Thank you. Andrew Duke
>
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