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Story: Experts: Windows 7 at risk from legacy flaw

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Actually, you've missed the point

"What you've demenstrated is that someone who is techincally savy spotted the extension and understood it's meaning."

The point you've missed is that the true extension was *there to be spotted* in the first place! And this a crucial point when the topic of conversation is how Windows hiding the true file extension is a security risk.

"Chris, this is not rubbish, it's a fact that I have experience of. I don't appreciate being called a liar."

Huh? I was saying that you are *wrong*, which is completely different to calling someone a liar. I also explained *why* you are wrong: malware authors *always* construct their fake file names to leverage Windows extension-hiding capabilities. They wouldn't bother unless they expected to fool people by it.

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