Double extensions

Martin Sapsed m.sapsed at BANGOR.AC.UK
Fri Dec 21 08:31:24 GMT 2001


Michael Chaney wrote:
> And while you're busy working on that, might want to cover this, too:
> http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/welyah.shtml
>
> Basically, think of this file:
>
> virus.txt                                         .pif
>
> where the spaces between "txt" and ".pif" are part of the name.

deny *.pif
should take care of that though...

> There is no end.

You're probably right there..

Cheers,

Martin

P.S. What do people think about having .bat and .scr denied by default as
many double extension worms use those?

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