# Malicious attachments

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malicious-attachments/671476>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 17, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malicious-attachments/671476 "2013-10-17T13:22:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malicious-attachments/671476/1 "2013-10-17T13:22:35Z")

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Anyone else getting a bunch of emails lately, that have virus files attached? These are caught by my email provider’s anti-virus software, and are routed to a Quarantine folder where I mark them as spam and they go away. Most of them are coming from .uk domains.

I can always tell when someone buys a mailing list! 😛