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Thu, 16 December 2004 11:32   |
Weirdo
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Registered: March 2003
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All I'm telling him is to get a better OS so that he won't have problems where Windows can't read what an executable is
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Actually, your wrong.
When you remove the extension of an executable file your loved Windows XP can't recognize it anymore as an Executable just like all the other Windows systems. Wich was the problem in this case.
Actually if windows did recognize executables while they have a diffrent extension it would be a big security risk. Just rename a virus executable file to something like .JPG. You would your think your opening a JPG but XP would automaticly recognize it as an Executable, and run the virus program.
Even so. Come on AircraftDestroyer would you really advise someone to pay 200$ or something to upgrade to a new operating system (not to mention the possible pc upgrades you need) just so it recognizes Executables because you don't know that just renaming them also helps?
Now can we lock this topic, it has done it's job.
Size doesn't matter.
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