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Old Jun 28, 2002 | 12:02 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by arturo:
arturo hav an yuse protechshun.
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Like arturo, I practice safe hex.

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Old Jun 28, 2002 | 12:06 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by QuietLion:
Outlook XP is immune to the Klez virus. However, you may still receive copies of infected emails, which you may simply delete.
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Yes, and if Microsoft hadn't introduced the use of double file extentions then all this trouble would never have happened..
(Most of the current virus files are hidden in double file names like haha.scr.exe; Windows drops the last extension to make it look nicer, bit then you are still left with a file called haha.scr, seemingly a harmless screensaver. It's this stupid "feature" that allows most of the current scripts to work.

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Old Jun 28, 2002 | 12:10 pm
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Yeah, that "ease of use" feature of dropping extensions has always rubbed me the wrong way. The first thing I do is turn it off.
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Old Jun 28, 2002 | 6:48 pm
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That drives me batty! How do you turn it off?
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Old Jun 28, 2002 | 7:43 pm
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Thank you markbach and QL for the advice. Good to know. Very much appreciated.
 
Old Jun 28, 2002 | 9:29 pm
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Folder - View - Options - uncheck "hide known file types"

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Old Jun 29, 2002 | 4:38 am
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Old Jun 30, 2002 | 1:34 pm
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And so rumours run rampant about people getting a disease...

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