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Re: Photos - virus warning- new virus attacks
Posted by Christer on Fri Jan 23, 2004 04:36:53 AM
In reply top Photos - virus warning- new virus attacks posted by John Parker on Thu Jan 22, 2004 05:52:32 PM
I suspect that they are no real photos and don?t show up as such on the screen, right?
I have received files looking like "anything".ppt.exe or "anything".jpg.exe
People who have set their operating system to hide extensions of known file types will see them as "anything".ppt or "anything".jpg
The designer of these executables would like us to believe that they are PowerPoint presentations or Photos.
If I?m on the right track, go to Windows Explorer > Tools > Folder options > Display and untick the box "hide file extensions for known file types".
Don?t click on anything with a double extension and if received by E-mail, shift-delete the whole E-mail.
Christer