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I downloaded a file (let's call it BLUESKY.EXE) which my anti-
virus guard says may be a virus.
I wanted to get more info about this file, so I disabled it by
adding a couple of random letters to the extension.
I renamed BLUESKY.EXE to BLUESKY.EXEHJ.
I figured this would stop XP from running it if I double clicked
it in error. But my antivirus guard 'AntiVir PE' warned me about
it again. Even with the dummy extension letters. Surely such a
program file is now safe enough?
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I found that if I put the random letters *before* the EXE then
'AntiVir PE' did not detect it as a virus.
So BLUESKY.HJEXE is ok according to 'AntiVir PE'.
Is this just an oddity in 'AntiVir PE' or is this being done
because of something in XP which might truncate the letters in a
file's extension after the first three letters?
virus guard says may be a virus.
I wanted to get more info about this file, so I disabled it by
adding a couple of random letters to the extension.
I renamed BLUESKY.EXE to BLUESKY.EXEHJ.
I figured this would stop XP from running it if I double clicked
it in error. But my antivirus guard 'AntiVir PE' warned me about
it again. Even with the dummy extension letters. Surely such a
program file is now safe enough?
--
I found that if I put the random letters *before* the EXE then
'AntiVir PE' did not detect it as a virus.
So BLUESKY.HJEXE is ok according to 'AntiVir PE'.
Is this just an oddity in 'AntiVir PE' or is this being done
because of something in XP which might truncate the letters in a
file's extension after the first three letters?