On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 09:37:33PM -0400, Adam Back wrote:
Heh, heh. Guess who uses outlook :-)
Endless source of amusement as a linux user watching the VB
script worms play out. I think you actually have to click
on this one, though the double extension helps as many
users won't see
From: "Bill Stewart" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The trick with double extensions is that after
Explorer or Outlook hides the .VBS, the user sees the ".JPG"
and says "Oh, this is a picture, I'll click on it",
instead of "Hmmm, this is something I don't recognize,
better leave it alone."
Similar
From: "Bill Stewart" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The trick with double extensions is that after
Explorer or Outlook hides the .VBS, the user sees the ".JPG"
and says "Oh, this is a picture, I'll click on it",
instead of "Hmmm, this is something I don't recognize,
better leave it alone."
Similar
From: "Roy Silvernail" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Most likely, you have set your Explorer options to show
file extensions (as most any sane person would).
My standard Windows settings are to hide extensions for known file-types --
ignoring questions of sanity, it is prettier and I generally don't run
From: "Riad S. Wahby" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You have set your "View" options to include "Show extensions for all
files." This is not the default behavior of Windows since Windows95,
so most people don't have this option enabled.
View-[X] Hide file extensions for known file types
If there is
Hi:
Check This!
AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs
Heh, heh. Guess who uses outlook :-)
Endless source of amusement as a linux user watching the VB
script worms play out. I think you actually have to click
on this one, though the double extension helps as many
users won't see the 2nd .vbs, just the .jpg.
Adam
On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at
Hi:
Check This!
AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs
