From: Ellen K. 

Not really.   If you make a virus into a text file, your machine won't
execute it.

On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 19:12:37 -0500, Mike '/m'  wrote
in message :

>On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 19:02:30 -0500, "Geo"  wrote:
>
>>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>>news:k3s70153e3tkvs6prmst408kh53p5bo5j7{at}4ax.com...
>>>
>>> It is the content, not the extension, that determines whether or not a
>>file is
>>> safe.
>>
>>It used to be that it was the user who determined whether or not a file is
>>safe. Having the machine check the extension is an improvement.
>
>
>It is still the content, and not the extension, that determines whether a file
>is safe.
>
> /m

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