Re: Nautilus, metadata and extendet attributes

[Olaf Frączyk <olaf cbk poznan pl>]

On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 17:03, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Le lun 02/02/2004 à 11:49, Olaf Frączyk a écrit :
> > There are 3 main mechanisms which make such viruses dangerous:
> > 1. Users stupidity - they click on .exe file in an attachment not
> > thinking about it. Sniffing helps nothing here - such users will run
> > files with viruses anyway.
> > 2. Bad Windows defaults - user sees mypicture.jpg, but in real it is
> > mypicture.jpg.exe - this is because of hiding extensions. If you don't
> > hide - you have no problem.
> > 3. Automatic code execution by IE, Outlook, Outlook Express - you see an
> > html attachment, but when you open it, an executable embedded inside is
> > run automatically. This is simply bad design of these applications. And
> > sniffing wouldn't help here either.
> 
> Funny you mention it, I just received this one in a zip file today:
> "Readme.txt                                                  .scr"
> This one is clever and not into your list.
And in what way sniffing helps here?
> 
> Now, calling users who click on .exe stupid is a gratuitous insult. I
> know several of them who will do that because they are just ignorant of
> the fact it can be dangerous, but they are *not* stupid. Call them
> uneducated.
And you think that such users won't execute an executable without
extension?

Regards,

Olaf