[extropy-chat] [comp] Protect an exe?

[MB]

Oh well - ReadOnly seemed like a good idea at the time.... although it
seemed awfully easy. :)))

Perhaps Joe SixPack runs .exe attachments without fear because his
system is set to "hide known file type extensions" *and* to do
something like "open" any attachment on download. Arrrrrrgh. So he has
no clue what the attachment actually is or does.

Regards,
MB

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Emlyn O'regan wrote:


> You're going to put the whole anti-virus industry out of business!
>
> I don't think that'll work; a good virus will make it writable first :-) (I
> guess.. I don't really know that much about them)
>
> >
> > Also, you could have them go to your website and select the .exe to
> > download. That would make it a bit better than having them download
> > an .exe attachement to an email... which is a dangerous habit to get
> > into. IYKWIM. :)
> >
> > Regards,
> > MB
>
> Yes, I'm thinking of doing that. I'll keep tinkering with approaches. btw,
> opening exe attachments to emails is not something I need to encourage... it
> seems it is something that Joe Sixpack is already quite comfortable with :-(