Doesn't Dropbox scan the files being uploaded and shared on their website? It's surprising if they don't.

Also, don't open any files sent by unknown users and report such documents to dropbox so that they can take care of such malware.

Yea you should just get rid of it, no sense in putting your system at risk by opening the file. I guess though if you got an old computer/laptop you don't use anymore, you could investigate further just for fun.

I doubts anyone will give a random Dropboxer stranger free Bitcoin. I'd suggest you to keep it in a place but just don't open it. Who know? Sometime later, you might need it - who know what it contain? For now, just keep it and do not open.

Thanks for the info Pedrog   how did you check it out? inside a virtual machine?

They say curiosity killed the cat... You will most probably end up with a jack in the box Trojan or some malware... so I would just move it to the deleted folder and be done with it. If I wanted to

send you money, I would most certainly not do it without telling you why I did it. People sending random files to unknown recipients do it with malicious intent.. and this is one of those instances,

where you should not fiddle with unknown files.

If you don't know him, just ignore that. It wouldn't hurt if you ignore that, right? Don't open it or anything. It's only common to not trust strangers on the Internet. Also if you don't open that file, nothing will happen. But if you do, then there's a possibility that your files/accounts will get stolen.

i did a google search. probably this guy. seems legit:

I got a similar Dropbox share as well. It just stated that so and so wanted to share files with me but I didnt open them. i just opened the email but not anything else. I may have tried to open it on my phone, there is no bitcoin info on my phone, but just in case could that file infect my phone?

thanks

I am curious how do people know your Dropbox account or share in the first place?