What is this Eudora security hole attack?

[Gerry Doris]

> I have a co-worker who is expecting some files via file attachment
> for a job she is working on. When her client sends them to her, the
> files are being stripped out and she is receiving 'Bad Content'
> removed messages from MailScanner.
>
> The files that are being stripped out are *.lnk files. What are
> these? These should be MS Word or MS Publisher files. When I release
> these messages, they show up as folder shortcuts on a MS system, and
> useless files on a Macintosh. It is entirely possible that her client
> does not know how to send these files (though I may get the argument
> that 'they have always gotten files to us before and not had any
> problems'. You know what argument I'm talking about<grin>?)
>

*.lnk files are link files on an Microsoft system.  I think this lady's
clients are sending her the link instead of the file they're pointing to.

Gerry