Re: A Very Dangerous Worm in Windows Metafile Images (WMF)

I wrote:
> John Larkin <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>> Irfanview checks and warns me if the extension doesn't match the
>> header; Windows doesn't.
>
> I think Windows XP does. Or you might at least get a warning that
> you're about to run a program. You do for files with a proper EXE
> extension, so I cannot imagine otherwise.

After a little experimentation, I'm confused about that. It's not
really surprising, but in Windows XP it looks like the warnings we
get when opening EXE files are a sham to help a user feel secure.

Oh well.
.

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