Since you did download something, then it is possible. Did you find  
the size of the images to be a bit on the large size? It's possible  
to embed applications with other files inside the meta data, although  
unlikely. This application could have pulled information from your  
address book and sent it to another website.

This is one of the oldest tricks in the book, and any respectable  
security suite would have caught this - if it is the case. My gut  
says it is not.

Just as a point of reference, I couldn't speak less German, but I do  
get junk in just about every language - German included. The more  
likely possibility is your address was harvested from a spider  
somewhere - merely in coincidence to your visiting this site. Maybe  
your personal webpage, another forum somewhere, anything.

On your P.S., again it means nothing. Spam doesn't stop. Once your  
address has been found, it's nearly impossible to stop it. Images  
loaded in spam messages can be used to confirm your e-mail address,  
and only make it more valuable. This is just an example.

I stand by my original diagnosis: it's all unrelated.

--
Thom McGrath, <http://www.thezaz.com/>
"You don't need eyes to see, you need vision" - Maxi Jazz in  
"Reverence" by Faithless


On Apr 30, 2007, at 3:28 AM, Emile Schwarz wrote:

> Any idea ?

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