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Re: Out of the frying pan into another frying pan

• Posted by "Juergen Luethje" <j.lue at gmx.de> Jan 10, 2004
• 652 views

Andy wrote:

> alrobnett wrote:

<snip>

>> Also, when I copied my app program to the XP machine, it appeared to cut
>> off the .exw extension. I can easily rename it with the extension, but
>> does it then have two extensions?
>
> You may have your view settings to "hide extensions on known file types"
> (that's the default).  Do .exe files also have missing extensions?  If
> so, open up a folder, goto "tools" and "folder options" and hit the view
> tab.  Uncheck the appropriate box, and apply the settings to all
> folders...

I strongly recommend _anyone_ using Windows to do, what Andy describes
here!

The default setting "hide extensions on known file types" is a nice
feature for distributors of malware. When a virus program is named say
"holidays.jpg.exe", with the default setting it shows up as "holidays.jpg".
When the user double-clicks on such a file, because s/he wants to see a
nice picture, s/he actually runs a virus program!

Play it safe,
   Juergen

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