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Re: Mom was not very wise...
said by ptrowski  :Doc, I ran it through Jotti's and it was suspicious but nothing has been seen before. What was suspicious? That is very vague. Did the scan result say it was a Windows PE file that was renamed or is it actually a real image file just trying to sell something like narcotic pills, stocks, male enhancement capsules or other type garbage?
You can use FileAlyzer to read the beginning of the file to see what it really is.
A Windows PE file will start with:
MZ
While a .GIF Image File will start with:
Gif89
And a .JPG Image File will start with:
ÿØÿà..JFIF
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clubs: | I used the two scanners listed in the FAQ here. At this point I ran it through the Tuneup Shredder so I don't have it to scan again. |
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| said by ptrowski :I used the two scanners listed in the FAQ here. At this point I ran it through the Tuneup Shredder so I don't have it to scan again. OK, no problem. Get setup for the next time.  FileAlyzer is written by the Spybot Search & Destroy guys. Good Stuff in other words.
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clubs: | Thanks Doc. I ran it though both of them, and it said that is seem suspicious (noticed it was a zip file, and figured at that point I wouild just shred it. |
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| said by ptrowski :Thanks Doc. I ran it though both of them, and it said that is seem suspicious (noticed it was a zip file, and figured at that point I wouild just shred it. If the file name was photo001-03-31-2008.jpg.zip , then I have no doubt that it was malware. People don't usually zip up pictures to send them. If they did, I'd expect the filename to be photo001-03-31-2008.zip (without the jpg in it).
Also sorry for confusion, I erroneously assumed it was an email, and don't know how to capture the information from an IM.
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| said by EGeezer :said by ptrowski :Thanks Doc. I ran it though both of them, and it said that is seem suspicious (noticed it was a zip file, and figured at that point I wouild just shred it. If the file name was photo001-03-31-2008.jpg.zip , then I have no doubt that it was malware. People don't usually zip up pictures to send them. If they did, I'd expect the filename to be photo001-03-31-2008.zip (without the jpg in it). Also sorry for confusion, I erroneously assumed it was an email, and don't know how to capture the information from an IM. It depends on how it was viewed. If it was a folder view, it was ZIP. IF it was the file, it showed as an executable. |
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Country! | So the filename was photo001-03-31-2008.jpg.exe ? If so, malware for sure.. |
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| said by EGeezer :So the filename was photo001-03-31-2008.jpg.exe ? If so, malware for sure.. Yep, that's what I thought. But it was interesting that none of the scanners seemed to hit it or log it in. |
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| said by ptrowski :said by EGeezer :So the filename was photo001-03-31-2008.jpg.exe ? If so, malware for sure.. Yep, that's what I thought. But it was interesting that none of the scanners seemed to hit it or log it in. I think we are all still slightly confused here. Are you saying that the file was .zip and within that .zip was an executable named photo001-03-31-2008.jpg.exe or just an image photo001-03-31-2008.jpg?
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| said by rawwhide :said by ptrowski :said by EGeezer :So the filename was photo001-03-31-2008.jpg.exe ? If so, malware for sure.. Yep, that's what I thought. But it was interesting that none of the scanners seemed to hit it or log it in. I think we are all still slightly confused here. Are you saying that the file was .zip and within that .zip was an executable named photo001-03-31-2008.jpg.exe or just an image photo001-03-31-2008.jpg? When it was stored in the received folder from MSN messenger, it looked like a zip file. When I copied it to the desktop, it looked like an executable. |
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| said by ptrowski :MSN messenger All this time I thought it was an AOL or Yahoo instant message. 
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When you say you copied it you actually copied the zip file or the contents of the zip file? What were the names(including the extensions) of the files before and after this copy?
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