Re: Odd virus(?) incident

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=powerpoint+email+attachment+security+threat&meta=

:-)

regards, Richard


"B. Chernick" <BChernick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is not really my field. I think I'm fairly careful about such
threats
(keep my virus protection up to date, be suspicious of spam) but this
seemed
unusual even by my standards.

I received an email with a Gmail return address on my Yahoo! account. The
message was virtually empty but contained a large (bizarrely large by spam
standards- 11+ Meg) PPT file. I did not recognize the sendee and
naturally
I deleted it.

What I find unsettling is that Yahoo!s own virus scan claimed that this
attachment posed no threat.

So I guess my question is: How common are Powerpoint-born viruses and is
there anything new going around?


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