VIRUS ALERT!!! Re: Here you have, ;o)

[WAUFX at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/12/2001 8:45:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
rmyers at oak.total-web.net writes:

> >
>  >AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs is removed from here because it contains a virus.

This could also be detected not using any software by just looking at the 
filename. The creator of the virus named the file"AnnaKournikova.jpg" to give 
the illusion that this is a.jpg file, a picture of Anna. But if you notice 
the real file extension of .vbs, it indicates that the file is a virtual 
basic file, which is a language used to write programs, viruses, etc. You can 
name a jpg picture "picture.doc" and it will still be a picture, not a word 
document. However, the full filename will be "picture.doc.jpg". The final 
extension indicates the file type. There is no computer law against including 
periods in the filenames of your files. SO you can name a .vbs file Anna.jpg 
thus giving the illusion that a .vbs file is really a .jpg file. HTH. Sorry 
for my NAC.

-w