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Thread ID: 60234	2005-07-26 12:39:00	email attachments have strange extensions	m_pav (6721)	Press F1

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375591	2005-07-26 12:39:00	I sent an email to a client with a word document attached, and he emailed me back saying it could not be opened. I went to see him and found all office attachments sent to him via email had their extensions changed to include .ap after the real extension. For example, a word document named word.doc arrives as word.doc.ap and an excel document named spreadsheet.xls arrives as spreadsheet.xls.ap Removing the .ap extension is all that's required to open, edit and send the files on, but what a chore - to have to do this for almost every file that's sent to him.He told me this happens no matter who sends him a file. He works with some really sensitive information, so his system security is always right up to date, and he keeps his system really clean. His antivirus scanner does not identify any malicious code and a few of my favorite utilities show nothing has been tampered with, at least as far as spyware is concerned, but I can not for the life of me find out why all MS office attachments come through with the .ap extension added. I zipped the file and sent it to him, and the zip file does not get the .ap extension added and can easily be unzipped and edited. Does anybody have a clue as to what's going on here, and how to fix it? Your help greatly appreciated.	m_pav (6721)
375592	2005-07-26 13:23:00	Already tried this, not much help, but you could as well in case I have missed something: filext.com	zqwerty (97)
375593	2005-07-26 22:16:00	Some firewalls will alter attachment extensions to protect against viruses, etc so you may want to check that out. Outpost is one that does it, if I remember correctly.	FoxyMX (5)
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