Posted by LisaWI on 7/23/07 8:35am
Msg #201230

PDF Attachments-Viruses

Can viruses come in a pdf attachment? I keep getting these unknown pdf files sent to me. Not going to open them, but just curious. I did scan one just to see and it came up negative on the virus scan.

Reply by VBNotaryVA on 7/23/07 8:43am
Msg #201234

Good rule to follow is NEVER open anything that you aren't expecting or doesn't come from someone you know....even then I would confirm that they sent you an attachment.

Reply by LisaWI on 7/23/07 8:52am
Msg #201236

Im not going to open it. Ive just been receiving alot of them and havent heard of viruses being sent by PDF. Again, just curious I tried to research it on the web and came up with nada. Another reason is I would like to warn my network friends but know what I am talking about.

Reply by VBNotaryVA on 7/23/07 8:56am
Msg #201238

Remember, also, that just because it says it's a pdf doesn't mean that it is one.

Reply by Stamper_WI on 7/23/07 9:10am
Msg #201244

I've been getting them too. Since many documents come to me in PDF I make sure the sender's name is familiar to me or the email includes the tc name I am expecting doc's from. The rest I delete.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 7/23/07 9:09am
Msg #201243

I'm getting a lot of them lately too - 5-6/day - they go straight to my bulk folder and I just delete them - they come through as the sender being a full name (not an e-mail address) and I'm also getting a lot of "you've been sent an e-card from a ___ (schoolmate, friend, relative)....not chancing any of it - just deleting and then blocking them if Yahoo blocker will accept it.

Reply by sjp on 7/23/07 9:24am
Msg #201249

I have been receiving the same type of emails.

Reply by NCLisa on 7/23/07 9:36am
Msg #201253

The "E-card" is a virus/exploit.

The pdf files are usually junk mail like the junk faxes.

Reply by FlBrit on 7/23/07 11:15am
Msg #201276

Re: Viruses

It's probably a trojan virus. Check it out:

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp

Reply by Paul_IL on 7/23/07 2:20pm
Msg #201308

There is absolutely no danger if you do not have a full version of Adobe Acrobat on the computer. It has no effect on Acrobat Reader

Reply by skrittof on 7/23/07 3:31pm
Msg #201316

Call me paranoid but I scan every attachment I receive before opening. This includes good customers; there is no guarantee that they don't have a virus on their machine that they don't even know about yet. It just takes a couple of seconds.

Reply by Gerry_VT on 7/23/07 3:52pm
Msg #201319

I'm no virus expert, but I don't trust that an attachment is actually the type of file it claims to be. If I received a PDF that seemed safe, but I was not 100% sure about, not only would I scan it, I'd save it as a file and open it with the Acrobat Reader, instead of letting Outlook open it for me.