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spstn · 21-05-02, 05:03 PM

Non other than "Da Boss" himself, JackSpratts, a real experienced poster (1835 posts) wrote in this very same thread:

"Let's be clear on this for the benefit of guests. If your folder option in explorer is set to show actual file endings (which it should be for safety) then Dust (or whatever) can't fool you into opening up a trojan mp3. The file might say "Lars Ulrich - RIAAStoolie - Whiner Rant.mp3.vbs" - 11k So don't open it because you'll know that's a bad file - in this case because the real ending, the last 3 charecters displayed, are .vbs. But as long as the REAL ending is .mp3 you'll be ok, correct? "

So I guess BuzzB2K original recommendation about changing .vbs extensions stand correct and will PROTECT anyone opening them by mistake.
However, for the sake of anyone that could confuse an application like this worm (benjamin) with a vbs script, there is not need to worry because they are two different things: an application is an application and a vbs script is a vbs scrip.

21-05-02, 05:03 PM	#19
spstn No Nonsense Nonsense Join Date: May 2002 Location: Miami Posts: 382	Re-Protect yourself Non other than "Da Boss" himself, JackSpratts, a real experienced poster (1835 posts) wrote in this very same thread: "Let's be clear on this for the benefit of guests. If your folder option in explorer is set to show actual file endings (which it should be for safety) then Dust (or whatever) can't fool you into opening up a trojan mp3. The file might say "Lars Ulrich - RIAAStoolie - Whiner Rant.mp3.vbs" - 11k So don't open it because you'll know that's a bad file - in this case because the real ending, the last 3 charecters displayed, are .vbs. But as long as the REAL ending is .mp3 you'll be ok, correct? " So I guess BuzzB2K original recommendation about changing .vbs extensions stand correct and will PROTECT anyone opening them by mistake. However, for the sake of anyone that could confuse an application like this worm (benjamin) with a vbs script, there is not need to worry because they are two different things: an application is an application and a vbs script is a vbs scrip.