Re: [Clamav-users] What's this? I can't believe it!

[Sarocet]

Dennis Peterson wrote:
> Nobody has actually tested the files to see if they are Windows executables 
> that I've 
> seen. It is entirely possible they could be Linux executables. File 
> extensions don't 
> mean much on a Linux system but it seems from this thread a great way to pass 
> around 
> Linux viruses is to tack on a .exe extension and a lot of people will ignore 
> them to 
> their great peril.
>
> dp
Well, if you ignore the file i don't see how it's going to run. 
Moreover, it's less likely you will write ./Foo.exe as
you're already assuming by the extension that it wouldn't work, so why 
do it?
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