[bcab] Re: Attachments with .doc.amw

Hi George

Many thanks for your help on this one.  It is a bit of a mystery, there not
being info on Google about it.

Yes, I'm up to date with my Windows.

Cheers

Barry
 

-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of George Bell
Sent: 31 March 2009 9:22 AM
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Attachments with .doc.amw

Hi Barry,

I've Googled quite extensively on this .amw issue as well, and have so
far only found one reference to it from someone using Mozilla. It all
seem very suspicious.

I'll ask on the techie XPHelp list as see if anyone there has any
clues.

Is your XP up to date with Service Pack 3 and subsequent security
updates?

George.

-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Barry Hill
Sent: 30 March 2009 19:30
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Attachments with .doc.amw

Hi George

I had two emails today with these strange extensions, and both were
from
trusted sources.  

I have just sent a test message to myself with a .doc file attachment,
and
the attachment came in with the .doc.amw suffix.

Cheers

Barry


 

-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of George Bell
Sent: 30 March 2009 4:47 PM
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Attachments with .doc.amw

Hi Barry,

Be EXTREMELY careful if any attachment with a double extension like
this.  Even if you know the sender, do not open it before checking
that they have in fact sent you a message, and that that is the name
of the file.

George.

-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Barry Hill
Sent: 30 March 2009 16:40
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Attachments with .doc.amw

Hi all

In several messages that I received today, attachments have the suffix
.doc.amw.  I've had a look on Google, but I can't find anything about
amw. I
can't open the attachments directly from Outlook, but I can if I save
them
to my computer and open them in Windows Explorer.

Can anyone shed any light on this suffix?

I'm using Windows XP and Office 2003, and I've just started using a
trial
version of Outpost Firewall.

Cheers

Barry

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