Here you have, ;o)

[Bill Stewart]

>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 the 2nd .vbs, just the .jpg.

The double extension doesn't hide the .VBS - that's just
Microsoft's usual "hide the extension since the couch-potato
user doesn't want to see how the magic works" feature.
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 tricks are used for .doc.vbs, .xls.vbs, .txt.vbs, etc.


				Thanks! 
					Bill
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