Incorrect "virus" detection?

[Julian Field]

On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Peter Peters wrote:
> I have seen Windows do it by their own. Sometimes when you rename a file
> (and have hide extension enabled) it will suddenly show the extension
> when the filename is editable. When you forget to delete the extension
> it is kept with a double extension as a result.
>
That is one of the reasons for the "allow double extensions which are both
the same" rules. So, for example, "foobar.doc.doc" is allowed.
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Jules
jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk