Re: OT: computer question

"Gary R. Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> It is a "SCRap" file.
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> SCRap files were meant to be used as fragmentary sort-of programmy things.
>
> They were jumped at by the screensaver developers, as they are executable.
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> So, they are now used to distribute worms, virii, and trojans.

I'm sorry to say that you are wrong there Gary.
The .scr files are screen saver files.
The scrap files you are thinking of are the .shs (SHell Scrap) files which
can also get executed. These files has the added twist that even if you are
showing full file names (including extensions) then the .shs extension is
still hidden.
Take a look here for more info:
http://www.pc-help.org/security/scrap.htm

/Keld Laursen