Re: PowerPoint warning

2008-01-24 Thread Susan Maneck
It might be Iskandar's presentation, in which case it is safe. But I didn't see any way of opening the file anyhow. On 1/24/08, Skygram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear friends, Several years ago I received a similar PowerPoint presentation on the Faith from a friend serving in the holy land.

Re: PowerPoint warning

2008-01-24 Thread Tim Nolan
As a rule, I never open attachments unless I am sure it's from someone I know personally. Knowing a person only through the internet is not enough; I have to know the sender from face to face human contact before I'll open an attachment. Otherwise I just delete the email. Even that rule

Re: PowerPoint warning

2008-01-24 Thread Iskandar Hai, M.D.
Well, I received it from a friend who doesn't live in the West; but I did not run any virus check on it. So far, it hasn't done any harm to my machines. Susan, I converted it to PDF and upoloaded it to esnips.com Good wishes, Iskandar On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Susan Maneck wrote: It might be

Re: PowerPoint warning

2008-01-24 Thread Skygram
Dear Iskandar, One way to check is to determine the size of the original file to see if there has been any change. My understanding is that Trojan's can piggyback upon the original PPS file. In some instances the Trojans can already exist on the victim's computer and when a PPS file is

Re: PowerPoint warning

2008-01-24 Thread Iskandar Hai, M.D.
Dear Bill: How do I check the size of the original file? The Power Point file that I have (that was sent to me) is about 5.89 MegaBytes. Can you check the file that I've uploaded to eSnips.com ? It's here: http://www.esnips.com/doc/a88dd8c8-2a6c-481a-ba3c-840621a94fad/Bahaullah My Adobe

Re: PowerPoint warning

2008-01-24 Thread Skygram
Dear Iskandar, So far your file on my Mac is 5.89mb and 5.9mb and 6.0mb. This is normal. Methods vary as to how a file size is calculated. There are again a variety of technical reasons for this. However when you have access to the original file you have the best way of determining if there is

Re: PowerPoint warning

2008-01-24 Thread Iskandar Hai, M.D.
On this Windows Vista laptop, the file size is 6,179,840 bytes and it says that the file size on disk is 6,180,864 bytes but I have no way of knowing what the original file size was on my friend's computer and I don't know what machine and what OS he has. Best regards, Iskandar On Thu, 24

Re: PowerPoint warning

2008-01-24 Thread Skygram
Dear Iskandar, Vista is reportedly more secure than past Windows versions. However in order for it to be able to be truly secure, you end up paying in terms of ease of use. Also Vista versions frequently remove features that once worked well in the equivalent earlier versions of Windows XP. That

Re: PowerPoint warning

2008-01-24 Thread Susan Maneck
All I can tell you is that it is really a good set of slides. The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by the Johnson County Community College (JCCC) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named