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On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 19:17:29 GMT, "Calif Bill"

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"John H" wrote in message
.. .
Hopefully everyone knows this already and didn't download the
attachment. The attachment is a '.scr' file (same extension as a
screen saver), and from reports in other groups, is a virus.

Don't download files with extensions of scr, exe, bat, com, and a
bunch more. Just don't do it.

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

As you stated do not open the type files stated. .scr is a script file
that
will run under "basic".


Incorrect. There is no significant difference between an .scr file and an
..exe
file. You can change the extension of an .scr to .exe and it will still
work
exactly as before. The reverse is also true.

A script is TEXT instructions.

BB

Open up a .scr file with a text editor and look at the layout. The part
after the semicolon is comments. Windows has a built in Basic interpreter.
Bill