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.