February 2nd, 2004, 04:24 AM
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Re: data.pif from [email]intel@shrapnelgames.com[/email]????
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Originally posted by Krsqk:
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Originally posted by DavidG:
I would have thought that by know most would know not to open attachements from supicious e-mails with extensions like .pif
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Actually, I think it's because of yet another "helpful" idea from Microsoft. WinXP (and maybe Win2000 as well) ships with a default setting of "Hide extensions for known file types." They assume you'll know what it is by the icon. The stupidity is that you can name a virus attachment "YASD.txt.exe" and give it the text file icon. Now the average Win-duhs user will only see "YASD.txt" and think, "Oh, goody, another story about some poor level 50 warrior getting slaughtered trying to fight through a worm mass--I think I'll open it and click yes to any prompts that come up warning me that this file type may contain a virus." 
Huh Good point. I never thought of that since turning on the file extensions is one of the first things I do after installing windows. It truly is a mystery why MS would think anyone would want them turned off. |