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What program can open a .sig file image?

It has been described as a Broderbund format
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it is a fax cover file format - infomation available here should give you a good direction but no idea about which specific software will open it.   http://filext.com/file-extension/SIG
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Whatever sites you visit in your quest to find out more about your *.SIG file, DO NOT click on ANYTHING of you land on  http://www.file-repair.org
It won't harm your computer just by looking at it, but DON'T click the "Download" button.  Go on, have a look and remember what the home page looks like;
http://www.file-repair.org/world/lang_en/

This is one of those sites that will appear in a Google search for file extensions, and its sole purpose is to dupe people into downloading their own (Accelersoft / Celeritas Software Company) crappy WinMaximizer "fix-all" program that will most likely mess up your computer.
It will usually appear in Google searches with a link like this:
http://www.file-repair.org/world/lang_en/index.php?key=SIG
and this description to make it look as though it has been recognised as an accepted solution to others' problems:
"[SOLVED] How To Fix / Open SIG Files".

In fact, if you replace the SIG part of the URL with ANYTHING ELSE it will load a page purporting to offer a fix for that kind of file.  Try it:
http://www.file-repair.org/world/lang_en/index.php?key=UNKNOWN-POTENTIALLY-DANGEROUS
The browser tab will show "[SOLVED] How To Fix / Open UNKNOWN-POTENTIALLY-DANGEROUS Files" and this will be injected into various places on the page.

How To Open Wire-Tapped Republican Phone Calls To Russia Audio Files:
http://www.file-repair.org/world/lang_en/index.php?key=Wire-Tapped%20Republican%20Phone%20Calls%20To%20Russia%20Audio

Unbelievable!!
Even their "Score This Item" link remains fixed showing a 4 out of 5 stars rating with 47019 votes for every page you go to.

Try it with some vulgarities - it would be amusing if it wasn't such a sickening trick:
http://www.file-repair.org/world/lang_en/index.php?key=SHIT-STAINED
http://www.file-repair.org/world/lang_en/index.php?key=PORN-IMAGE

The download will be the same rubbish program regardless of what dynamically created page of theirs you land on from a Google search.  It speaks volumes of their WinMaximizer program if they need to dupe uninformed and unwary people into downloading it in this way, doesn't it?

There are loads more of this kind of page, mostly more subtle than my example, and I urge you NOT to click any "download" buttons.

Lecture over :-)
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The tridnet solution allowed me to determine that it was a Printmaster file and it is a very useful tool to have
I'm glad that you found the TrIDNet solution to be useful. If you take a moment to endorse the article by clicking the thumbs-up icon at the end of it, I'll be most appreciative. Thanks, Joe

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