anyone heard of DPWV.exe

[tinybirds@yahoo.com]

Hello,
Anyone have any info on this file? DPWV.exe?

Here is the situation; I had a customer email me an simple mailing
list as a text file. Which I can open with Notepad or excel or
whatever it's a simple text file.

Well in the same email was a file attatched DPWV.exe.
Which I immediately deleted and contacted my customer as whether she
sent it and if she knew what it was. And if she didn't send it to do
spyware/malware scan on her pc and clean it up.

Her response was, it isn't malware I think it is to help you open the
txt file. (she is insisting it isn't malware) Why would I need an exe
file to open a text file?

I am having some upset with this customer on an earlier mess up
involving a corrupt mailing list which is being blamed on me, but now
I am wondering what the ..... So any info would be helpful.
Thanks in advance.
Smiles,
Annette

[Duh_OZ]

On Mar 15, 1:31 pm, tinybi...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello,
> Anyone have any info on this file? DPWV.exe?
>
> Here is the situation; I had a customer email me an simple mailing
> list as a text file. Which I can open with Notepad or excel or
> whatever it's a simple text file.
>
> Well in the same email was a file attatched DPWV.exe.
> Which I immediately deleted and contacted my customer as whether she
> sent it and if she knew what it was. And if she didn't send it to do
> spyware/malware scan on her pc and clean it up.
>
> Her response was, it isn't malware I think it is to help you open the
> txt file. (she is insisting it isn't malware) Why would I need an exe
> file to open a text file?
>
> I am having some upset with this customer on an earlier mess up
> involving a corrupt mailing list which is being blamed on me, but now
> I am wondering what the ..... So any info would be helpful.
> Thanks in advance.
> Smiles,
> Annette
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Self extracting zip file??? If you still have a copy in your inbox,
or deleted folder you could try submitting it to
http://www.virustotal.com/en/indexf.html

[Art]

On 15 Mar 2007 12:31:39 -0700, tinybirds@yahoo.com wrote:

>Hello,
>Anyone have any info on this file? DPWV.exe?

For what it's worth, which is not much since file names mean little:

http://fileinfo.prevx.com/filesearch...earch=dpwv.exe

Prevx classifies all three as "unknown" meaning I guess that
whether or not they contain malware is unknown.

Upload the file for scanning by Virus Total:

http://www.virustotal.com/en/indexf.html

Art

[Mich...]

<tinybirds@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1173987099.646936.223280@d57g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...
> Hello,
> Anyone have any info on this file? DPWV.exe?
>
> Here is the situation; I had a customer email me an simple mailing
> list as a text file. Which I can open with Notepad or excel or
> whatever it's a simple text file.
>
> Well in the same email was a file attatched DPWV.exe.
> Which I immediately deleted and contacted my customer as whether she
> sent it and if she knew what it was. And if she didn't send it to do
> spyware/malware scan on her pc and clean it up.
>
> Her response was, it isn't malware I think it is to help you open the
> txt file. (she is insisting it isn't malware) Why would I need an exe
> file to open a text file?
>
> I am having some upset with this customer on an earlier mess up
> involving a corrupt mailing list which is being blamed on me, but now
> I am wondering what the ..... So any info would be helpful.
> Thanks in advance.
> Smiles,
> Annette
>

Have no clue what the file is, but.
Instead of deleting it next time (you can have the customer send the E-mail
again)
Download and install virtual machine from Microsoft, put the file on the
drive then run the EXE in Virtual to see what happens with no fear of
infecting your machine.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...c/default.mspx

You will need to put the suspect file on a CD or floppy or USB thumb drive
before you boot the Virtual PC, Then test away !!!!!

Mich...

[nashraf.nasa@gmail.com]

On Mar 16, 3:31 am, tinybi...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello,
> Anyone have any info on this file? DPWV.exe?
>
> Here is the situation; I had a customer email me an simple mailing
> list as a text file. Which I can open with Notepad or excel or
> whatever it's a simple text file.
>
> Well in the same email was a file attatched DPWV.exe.
> Which I immediately deleted and contacted my customer as whether she
> sent it and if she knew what it was. And if she didn't send it to do
> spyware/malware scan on her pc and clean it up.
>
> Her response was, it isn't malware I think it is to help you open the
> txt file. (she is insisting it isn't malware) Why would I need an exe
> file to open a text file?
>
> I am having some upset with this customer on an earlier mess up
> involving a corrupt mailing list which is being blamed on me, but now
> I am wondering what the ..... So any info would be helpful.
> Thanks in advance.
> Smiles,
> Annette

Another alternative would be installing Cyberhawk.

www.novatix.com

You could install it in the virtual machine and run the EXE. Cyberhawk
will try to determine if the EXE is a malware and the effects should
you let the it execute.