A .pif extension is an old dos executable format so yes that probably is
a virus.
If you have run it you are most likely infected.
It is actually probably more a worm than a virus, they disguise
themselves as other people you know to spread.
(in kinda lamers terms)
With Kind regards
Lee Stacey
Email : lee@codeaudio.com
Tel : +44 (0) 1444 870794
Mob : +44 (0) 7734 414385
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From: andrewduke@canada.com [mailto:andrewduke@canada.com]
Sent: 23 July 2003 00:05
To: microsound@hyperreal.org; idm@hyperreal.org; 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: [idm] question/help re: questionable program/possible virus
(ot)
(apologies for crossposting)
Dear listmembers:
I always scan attachments for viruses before I open
them and yet have just encountered a problem I can't
seem to solve.
A friend emailed me a document entitled
1stpressrelease.pdf.pif
When i downloaded it to my desktop, it showed up not as
a document, but as a shortcut with the MSDOS icon.
When I tried to open it up in the newest version of
Adobe Acrobat, it wouldn't work, so I threw it in the
recylce bin and then emptied the bin (and emailed my
friend who sent me the attachment). I thought all was
well, but I've just found that there is now a program
in my startup called befy.exe; i have scanned this file
about ten times and my updated norton antivirus doesn't
say it is a virus, but there doesn't seem to be any way
I can delete this file; a properties query tells me
that it is an application. I'm quite anxious because I
have gigs here in Halifax tomorrow and Friday nights
and then I leave for a mini-tour on Tuesday, so I
definitely want to get this application off my computer
and make sure everything is A-OK. Any help would be
super appreciated. Thank you. Andrew Duke
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