-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Images and viruses
- From: "zat" <zzzatso@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 22:21:19 -0700
You didn't say what your OS is.
In XP open up a folder, doesn't matter which one. Then click "Tools", scroll
down until you see "Hide extensions for known file types" if it's checked,
uncheck it. Then click on the "Apply to All Folders" button. Click the "Apply"
button when done.
That way no such bogus named file extensions will be hidden.
hth,
zat
----- Original Message -----
From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 8:18 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Images and viruses
> To date, that is not possible.
>
> However, sometimes you'll see a file like so:
>
> picture.jpg .exe
>
> notice the extra spaces and the .exe. That's a moron's way of hiding the
> true extension, making you think you have a jpg, and tricking you into
> double-clicking and running the executeable.
>
> ---Troth
>
>
> At 9/28/2003 03:33 PM, Glenn wrote:
> >I wonder if an image attached to an email message can be a virus in
> >disguise? If you receive a plain .jpg attachment, the kind that Outlook
> >displays at the bottom of emails, is there any possibility it can be a
> >virus?
>
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