At 08:40 AM 25/07/01 -0600, Vernon Schryver wrote:
I've read somewhere that they sometimes ignore the 3 character DOS
filename or filetype extension and look for magic numbers in the data.
I've no way of evaluating that, or at least no inclination.
I know that both Explorer and Netscape do exactly this [for web content].
E.g. a filename with ".gif" can still contain an executable... and
therefore a virus.
I believe you can find more specific details in the Netscape source code at
mozilla.org.
John
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