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STIS: in my office we all just got an attachment that looks like it might be a virus but we can't tell. The helpdesk has not heard of it. how can I

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Aug 31 '09, 10:22

check it ou? tia

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Our office firewall strips out any executable file in an email automatically (I realize this wouldn't work in every business). -- nm - pmb Aug 31, 10:37 2
- Apparently this virus stole a pdf from my co-worker's hard drive, put a virus in it, and sent it to his address book. - loosilu Aug 31, 10:40 1
  - Wouldn't it had to have had an executable file to steal the pdf? - pmb Aug 31, 10:48
Upload it to virustotal.com. It will scan it using just about every scanner out there and tell you the results -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 10:25 3
- cool thanks. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 10:26 2
  - What I've done is that if virustotal picks it up, we had Gold support with Symantec and could upload the file to them - oblique Aug 31, 10:28 1
    - It's infected. thanks so much for this, I'm bookmarking it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 10:30
Go ahead. It's a picture of cute babies playing with kittens. -- nm - NKorea Aug 31, 10:25
start by googling the file name -- nm - ty97 Aug 31, 10:25 1
- I got nothing. :( -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 10:25
I delete with extreme prejudice every email I don't recognize -- nm - con_carne Aug 31, 10:23 1
- *stope sending con_carne nekkid pics* - 'lia Aug 31, 10:27
click on it. - Beaker Aug 31, 10:23 1
- some people already have, that's why I'm concerned. -- nm - loosilu Aug 31, 10:24

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