Is anybody else getting this ".scr" attachment spam?

[Jerry Feldman]

.scr is a very common extension used for sending viruses. On Windoz, .scr 
is a screen saver, and is executable.
Duane Morin wrote:
> Hi group,
> 
> Recently I've been getting a couple of messages a day from typical spam 
> addresses ("Someone", etc..) that are always just a single attachment that 
> looks like a .scr file.  Of course they go right in the trash.  But is 
> anybody else getting this?  it seems to be a recent thing.  And the spam 
> addresses are always from microsoft.com, which I assume is forged.
> 
> Duane
> 
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