kate2d.zip.pif?
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From: PRMK
kate2d.zip.pif?
Hello all!
Had an e-mail (on my hotmail) on Saturday from a guy called Kieth Maclean (whom I've never heard of) with this attachment "kate2d.zip.pif".
Obviousley, I'd never open an attachment without knowing who it was from
, so I deleted it.
However, it turned up again this morning!
Has anyone else had this? Is it a virus?
[ 29 October 2001: Message edited by: swashplate ]
Had an e-mail (on my hotmail) on Saturday from a guy called Kieth Maclean (whom I've never heard of) with this attachment "kate2d.zip.pif".
Obviousley, I'd never open an attachment without knowing who it was from
, so I deleted it.However, it turned up again this morning!
Has anyone else had this? Is it a virus?
[ 29 October 2001: Message edited by: swashplate ]
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From: [edited by PPRuNe Admin]
Sounds like a virus. .pif files are program information files.
Quote from Symantec:
Quote from Symantec:
What is a program information file (.pif)?
Situation:
You notice that some viruses or worms arrive as a file with a .pif extension, which is the extension used by Windows for application shortcuts. You want to know how it is possible for a shortcut to contain a virus or worm.
Solution:
Windows recognizes the .pif extension as an executable format. Current viruses and worms do not arrive in actual .pif format, but generally as a Portable Executable file or some type of executable script. The extension just tells the operating system that it is a file that can be executed. How the operating system executes the file is determined by the actual file format, not the .pif extension.
Situation:
You notice that some viruses or worms arrive as a file with a .pif extension, which is the extension used by Windows for application shortcuts. You want to know how it is possible for a shortcut to contain a virus or worm.
Solution:
Windows recognizes the .pif extension as an executable format. Current viruses and worms do not arrive in actual .pif format, but generally as a Portable Executable file or some type of executable script. The extension just tells the operating system that it is a file that can be executed. How the operating system executes the file is determined by the actual file format, not the .pif extension.
