On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, deb bledsoe wrote:

> If you want to live dangerously, you could limit yourself to opening
> files that END with the extensions:  .jpg , .gif. , .pdf , .txt , .rtf
> , and .doc .

No, no, .doc files can contain MS-Word macro viruses.  The other
extensions should be okay.

> Never never open a file with a double extension, like .doc.vbs , or
> anything that ends with: .exe, .vbs , .com , or anything that comes
> with a message that's a little screwy looking or whatever.

Strongly agreed.

                                   Larry

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