The "old" admonishment to "not open attachments from strangers" ("do not accept
candy from strangers") is no longer sufficient.  There are now virus/spy-ware
that look up email addresses in address-books and mail-logs and send copies of
them self "From someone you know".  (Some of these even pick an email address to
use as the from address.)  So it is now possible to receive an infected
attachment from someone you know who didn't send it.

The rules:
1) Were you expecting the attachment
2) Is the subject line specific, detailed and appropriate  (Not "The information
you requested" when you didn't request any or "This is interesting".)
3) Check with the (supposed) sender

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 07:46:05 -0500, "Dean K. Kukral" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>First of all, John, NEVER open an email attachment from a stranger!  It may 
>be benign, simply containing advertising, or it may be malware.  Lately I 
>have been getting a great deal of email with no subject line and no body - I 
>don't have any idea what it contains because I delete it immediately!!!!!
>
>...
>
>Dean Kukral
>
>PS: please use an appropriate subject line when posting questions.
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Harry Lichtbach
Almaden Unlimited
San Jose, CA. USA

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