At 03/28/2001 06:31 PM, Floydman wrote:
>A little while ago, I was having a conversation with some of my colleagues
>about computer viruses. The "Life Stages" virus was mentionned during the
>conversation. This virus disguises itself via a file with extension .SHS,
>while pretending to be a .TXT file. This was possible because the .SHS
>extension is hidden by Windows, even if it is configured to display all
>files, all extensions (even for known file types).
Just to clarify, this is only true when using Windows Explorer. If you
drop to DOS and use the DIR command, you will see ALL file
extensions. Also, a good virus scanner should check these files regardless
of what the extension is ("hidden" or even none at all).
rotaiv
