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On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:07:43 +0000 Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If you are going to attempt to run from a shell surely you would be > betted off opening it in a text editor and seeing what it is going to > do, I think a few of these attachments must have some sort of webby > type script in them as some seem to grab your address book for example > or connect to a remote host or so I have read. > > If you have web mail (IMAP) maybe worth booting a live cd, then > looking at the e-mail with that, maybe even open in a text editor and > putting the contents somewhere so people here can have a look, > > If nothing else we may learn something about what these people are > trying to do. > > Paul > I don't use web mail, though I do use IMAP. I just wondered if it would be not too disastrous if I were silly enough (or had a senior moment) to click on one of these attachments. Luckily we don't get many. Apart from the ones mentioned I get some supposedly from Amazon about orders I have not made, and of course some from banks (never the right one) and about my facebook account, which I don't have. Mostly they are easy to spot. Perhaps others on the list get lots too. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq