On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Mr O wrote:

> Just give the file a *.exe extension. Windows users will only
> try and open it with complete failure, linux n00bs will think
> "oh, it's a Windows app" and try to run it in Wine. Neither will
> win. Security through obscurity eh?

That not really safe. Any experienced user will see it, and for n00bs,
it's possible that some file browser detect it's a text file and not a
binary and decide to open it using a text editor when you click on it.

Nicolas

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