no, of course not but if I know what the file extension is in the first place, as well as whether or not it can be rendered executable, then it's probably harmless. If I don't recognize it then yes, I likely won't go near it. Amanda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 2:12 PM Subject: Re: this worries me.Forwarded attachment... > Would you really want to do that, not knowing what the consequences would > be? I sure wouldn't. > > > On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Amanda Lee wrote: > > > Unless another program can pick-up this file extension and then execute it, > > don't see what the worry is all about! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1 at uic.edu> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 11:54 AM > > Subject: Re: this worries me.Forwarded attachment... > > > > > > > I thought they maybe a diskised virus. Also, how are people not running > > the other OS supposed to view this? > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 01:15:09AM +1000, Geoff Shang wrote: > > > > Hi: > > > > > > > > What exactly is worrying about this attachment? I've seen them on > > messages > > > > from windows users before but don't know what they do. but I sure > > couldn't > > > > make any sense of it. I'm not real sure why you sent it here. > > > > > > > > Geoff. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
