Re: Double clicking on innocent looking files may be dangerous

[Riddoch, John ESSI-ISEP-3]

>   I shall skip the oft-mentioned rant on the subject
> of running
> unknown and unexpected files of strange types from unknown
> and untrusted
> sources ;-)

I think the issue here is that even when the sensible user has disabled
"hide extensions" he should be safe to assume that a .txt file is only text
and is, therefore, safe to open.  In short, it doesn't appear to be a file
of "strange type".

The fact that the description shows "HTML application" is only relevant
where the user is browsing using "View/Details"; using small or large icons
will only show a .txt file, although the icon may be a giveaway that
something is up.

FWIW, it shows the same behaviour here on an NT 4.0 SP5 machine.