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Title: Email photo Question??? Virus??? Post by: tim360z on November 25, 2001, 05:00:00 AM Strange. Recently I exchanged a few emails with a girl. She sent me a photo. But, I have not downloaded it...I am a little cautious 'cuz I never got a email photo like this. She says it is jpg. But, the file ext reads "doc". And the size is 1.2 MB. I wonder if it is really a photo...or maybe something else which I do not want. Or a big nasty virus. I have Mcafee...but I have questions about the file. Thanks, Tim
Title: Re: Email photo Question??? Virus??? Post by: BubbaGump on November 27, 2001, 05:00:00 AM ... in response to Email photo Question??? Virus???, posted by tim360z on Nov 25, 2001
She was probably just using MS Word to group the pictures and scale the size. No big deal. Jpg files otherwise might just give you a huge picture when you look at it. Title: Re: Post the photo and lets have a look at her Post by: wsbill on November 26, 2001, 05:00:00 AM ... in response to Email photo Question??? Virus???, posted by tim360z on Nov 25, 2001
Now that you've gotten our attention. Title: Re: Email photo Question??? Virus??? Post by: jj on November 26, 2001, 05:00:00 AM ... in response to Email photo Question??? Virus???, posted by tim360z on Nov 25, 2001
Not a probelm just in case run a virus checker over the file... The photo is imbeded into a Microsoft Document.. If you do not have a virus checker forward the prost to a hotmail account... Hotmail has an inbuilt Virus checker.. its nbot a sure thing but it is better to play it safe.. shances are you have nothing to fear.. but fear itself. Title: Thank You Post by: tim360z on November 25, 2001, 05:00:00 AM ... in response to Email photo Question??? Virus???, posted by tim360z on Nov 25, 2001
Thanks, just was not sure. And yeah its a Hotmail. Tim Title: Re: Not a big deal Post by: BarryM on November 25, 2001, 05:00:00 AM ... in response to Email photo Question??? Virus???, posted by tim360z on Nov 25, 2001
Most MS Word documents are scannable for macro viruses. The best thing to do is to update your McAfee AV and scan the file before you open it. If your AV shield is active, a virus will not be able to cause much damage. Most macro viruses attempt to infect your Normal.dot template and other documents. Virus detection will catch this most of the time. -blm Title: I got some DOC files before Post by: MarkInTx on November 25, 2001, 05:00:00 AM ... in response to Email photo Question??? Virus???, posted by tim360z on Nov 25, 2001
They just basically had a doc file made up with some photos and a profile of information. I've never known a doc file that could contain any serious virus. I never had any problem. If you scan it and its clean, I would go ahead and open it. I always did, and never got a virus... Title: Re: I got some DOC files before Post by: cherokee on November 25, 2001, 05:00:00 AM ... in response to I got some DOC files before, posted by MarkInTx on Nov 25, 2001
If you have hotmail or yahoo mail account just forward it there and they scan your mail before you open it:) Good Luck Title: Re: Re: I got some DOC files before Post by: micha1 on November 25, 2001, 05:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: I got some DOC files before, posted by cherokee on Nov 25, 2001
Cherokee, you are so right, this is what I do all times. Hotmail works wonderfully for this. |