You are correct. So what if a virus as been renamed to an mp3? So what? Since when does your media player know how to execute anything? mp3 files are not executed they are played. Viruses are not played they are executed. There is a big damn difference.
hesterloli
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Shoeb:
So we can all learn to avoid downloading .exe files as well as files with no file type associated with them. But with respect to files with a false .mp3 extension, I don't see how that poses a threat. Because if you double click on a file like that, you're computer will try to open it with your music playing software and the software won't recognize the file and come back with an error message. So even if it's an executable file with a *.mp3 mask, it really can't be executed unless you explictly tell your computer to do so. Is there still a threat here? </font>
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