Re: The whole idea behind a screen saver

Al Klein wrote:

>>>> .vb isn't executable, unless you've modified your file
>>>> associations. I doubt that a dll is executable.  And I can't think
>>>> of any you left out.

>> .vb and .dll can both screw you in an email...

> Weren't we talking about files you download?  (And no, .vb and .dll
> can't screw you in an email, they can screw you if you use Word or
> some other M$ abortion to read emails.  Most email clients don't do
> scripts.)

Correct.  Here are the extensions of files which can execute *directly*
(opening as an attachment, double-clicking, etc.) under Windows:

    .exe
    .bat
    .com
    .scr
    .pif
    .vbs
    .js

DLLs cannot be run directly.  Nor can .vb or .vba files.

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