Mail server rejected message: spam or virus detected (#5.3.0)

Hi everybody,
for the first time ever I got this funny message:
mail server rejected message: spam or virus detected (#5.3.0)
This happens now with e-mails containing a pdf which I a) have already sent before and b) created on the mac. Checked with another pdf just for testing - same effect. Any other documents work fine - just those pdfs don't work anymore.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Bettina

Bettina,
There is the possibility of the MS Office and Word being infected (but not the Mac overall) with what are called micro-viri, and are cross-platform. Many AV filters will catch those. I am providing a link where some of us discussed this MS Office infection:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2782109&#2782109
Let us know what you find? See also:
http://outlandishjosh.com/wp/index.php?p=861
which you will see in that topic linked above.
I have not confirmed the path you chose to create the PDF will transmit this virus, but this must be checked out, and is probably the source of the message you are getting.
Ernie

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