Greetings;

    My mother had a file with the exact same name sent to her over a year
ago. It was a silly joke and contained no virus. I would suggest that you
not open it, but it could very well be the same thing. She uses AVG as well.

Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Lendrim" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:51 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Detecting a virus attachment


> I use Windows XPPro, Eudora v4.3, and AVG6 Free edition.
>
> Today I received an email from an unknown source. It has what seems to be
a
> virus attachment named "valentin.exe.exe".
> The suspect "valentin.exe.exe" is in my Eudora\attachments folder. I have
> not "run" the suspect file and believe my computer is not infected with a
> virus. I have run my (updated) AVG, it says no virus is present. I am, of
> course, reluctant to execute the suspect file just so AVG can detect,
> identify, and then hopefully fix it.
>
> A similar situation has occurred twice before and I have deleted the
> suspect file without it being identified by AVG.
>
> Should AVG (or any other AV program) find the unopened virus in an
> attachment, or does the virus file/attachment have to be executed before
it
> can be detected? In that case it seems that the computer would already
> infected.
>
> Thanks, Bob Lendrim

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