Not likely a virus but it still could so some nasty things if it was sent with malicious intent. It could be commands to format your hard disc or screw up your configuration. If it is a batch file, though you should be able to read it with a text editor such as notepad. Don't double click it. If you right click on it and then choose edit, you will be able to read exactly what it says. You can then post it as text and someone will be able to tell you what it does. If on the other hand you right click on it and it does not give you an edit option it may be an .exe file posing as a batch file and this could very well be a virus. Ken
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, all, > > I just got an e-mail with "Vera Lundgren" as the subject, and an attachment > with a ".bat" suffix from someone I don't know. His name/address was "Jerome > Bray"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Did anyone else get this? Is this person a > jmdler? Or could this be a virus? (I have a Mac and I didn't open the > attachment, but I'm worried about the rest of you...) If it *was* from a > jmdler, and it *was* something I asked for, I apologize, but I need more > information about the attachment to help me remember than "Here's the info > you asked for." > > Sorry if I'm being alarmist, but just in case, I thought I'd spread the word > -- and not the virus. > > warmly, > > Walt
