The "approved" virus?

Post #104,584 by cwbrenn 6/2/03 10:22:51 PM Reply	The "approved" virus? I've been getting strange emails all day... 81 k files with attachments... Title says "approved", body says "see attached file", attached file is called approved.pif. Now I'm pretty sure pif is some kind of executable or resource file, and I'm pretty sure it's a virus. But it's odd, because I've not heard anything about this one. Anyone else getting it? "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #104,585 by lordbeatnik 6/2/03 10:28:22 PM Reply	Sobig-C virus As seen here. [link\|http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/30984.html\|http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/30984.html] Dave "LordBeatnik"
Post #104,593 by cwbrenn 6/3/03 12:58:37 AM Reply	Aha! I knew it. Thanks for the link. "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #104,606 by dmarker 6/3/03 3:16:47 AM Reply	Just received it here - pointed it out to wife She had her notebook infected a year or two back when an email with a *.pif arrived. The one I got was same as described ... Re your application (had been applying for positions) but as soon as I saw the words 'see attached file' pointed it out to wife as a probable virus. She is pretty good these days & although she has an Apple iBook & really doesn't have to worry, she now deltes email unless it is on a topic she is expecting or from a friend & won't open attachments unless it was expected. Cheers Doug
Post #104,718 by slugbug 6/3/03 10:32:57 PM Reply	re: pif Weren't .PIF files used during 'doze 3.1 days to execute DOS apps or am I experiencing brain fade?
Post #104,721 by Another Scott 6/3/03 10:42:04 PM Reply	Correct. Your brain is still bright and shiny. :-)
Post #104,723 by orion 6/4/03 12:07:21 AM Reply	Still used I still find PIF files on my Windows 98 hard drive. Check out DOSPRMT.PIF in the C:\\WINDOWS\\ directory. It contains the settings for the MS-DOS Prompt when COMMAND.COM gets loaded in Windows 98. *"If you're going to cheat, cheat fair. If there's anything I hate it's a crooked crook!" -Moe Howard*
Post #104,756 by boxley 6/4/03 8:18:29 AM Reply	dos version of set env; run command will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org] "I hit him so hard in the head his dog shat a turd in the shape of Jesus" Leonard Pine
Post #104,822 by deSitter 6/4/03 11:54:28 AM Reply	A little more to it In OSes with vm86 support, allows use of expanded memory etc. An extremely poor man's version of OS/2 DOS box configuration. -drl

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