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Post by alexham36 on Jun 9, 2014 17:56:23 GMT
I have received a Zip attachment from an address that I don't know, so I looked at it in Linux Puppy and it was a PDF.EXE file which I have never seen before.
Gut feeling is to erase. What do you think?
Thanks,
Alex
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Post by vikingken on Jun 9, 2014 19:44:31 GMT
Any file from an unknown source should be deleted without opening. A PDF file is a legitimate file, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be hiding something. Sometimes bills are sent as PDF, you haven't bought something from Amazon and received a communication direct from the actual seller have you??
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Post by alexham36 on Jun 9, 2014 21:03:24 GMT
Thank you vikingkeeen. I have not bought anything from Amazon. I know that PDF is legitimate file format, but this is PDF.EXE and I have not seen one of those before.
Alex
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Post by Lynnrose on Jun 10, 2014 6:57:58 GMT
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Post by mikkh on Jun 10, 2014 7:16:06 GMT
You should never open an attachment at all in Windows, and you're more at risk from known contacts who may have had their system compromised than unknown ones - which you should just mark as spam and add to block lists anyway
... and yes PDF.exe and other similar plausible sounding files are almost certainly malicious/malware
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Post by alexham36 on Jun 10, 2014 14:08:35 GMT
Thank you for good advice folks. I have erased the file and the fact that I am still here and not sending this from Raspberry PI is all down to you.
Alex
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