Safe File?

[Mac (imported)]

I received an email from [email protected] titled "A Special New Website" with attached file "botum.zip".

Is this message legitimate and is the "zip" file safe?

[Bboy]

I would guess NOT mac.

Please remember that viruses spoof the sender, so just because an email appears to come from [email protected] does NOT mean it came from one of our computer.

All that it means is that is came from a computer with both [email protected] AND your email address in either the contacts list or even in email stored in the inbox.

If you are not running virus scanning, PLEASE go visit http://www.grisoft.com and download the free version of the AVG virus scanner.

[Paolo]

Be it known that "I", the one who gets all the Mail first, do NOT send out .exe or .zip files. I send email, no attachments. If requested, I will send image files or .doc files, with advance warning.

This is much like making an appointment.

So if you get something attached that says it came from [email protected] and I didnt' tell you beforehand that I was sending it, it's probably a virus that spoofed the sender as "us".

Anti-virus software is cheap, folks. Get it. Keep it updated. If you don't have some due to cost, and can't find a demo/freeware online, that's YOUR problem.