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Hrqls · 04-02-2003, 09:52 PM

where there are files attached with double extensions (.mpeg.pif / .doc.vbs / ...) then you can be 99% to have soemthing bad ...

they trust the user to have set their windows not to show known extensions ... so you in your example it would show the .pif and just show a .mpeg file .. some users might then think they have a movie and get curious ...

just have windows show known extension as well .. and immedeately (sp?) delete files with double extensions

another bad thing about most graphics type (and i believe .pif is one of those ???) is that some people set the outlook to show those types directly ... thereby opening the file automatically

04-02-2003, 09:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Hrqls Regular Contributor Join Date: May 2002 Location: Alkmaar, the Netherlands Posts: 167	where there are files attached with double extensions (.mpeg.pif / .doc.vbs / ...) then you can be 99% to have soemthing bad ... they trust the user to have set their windows not to show known extensions ... so you in your example it would show the .pif and just show a .mpeg file .. some users might then think they have a movie and get curious ... just have windows show known extension as well .. and immedeately (sp?) delete files with double extensions another bad thing about most graphics type (and i believe .pif is one of those ???) is that some people set the outlook to show those types directly ... thereby opening the file automatically __________________ The specialty of the house? thats me (cheap as always)