Brion Vibber wrote:
On Jan 31, 2004, at 04:45, Timwi wrote:
# May contain harmful executables for
Windows victims
"exe", "scr",
"dll", "msi", "vbs", "bat", "com",
"pif" );
You might want to add "cmd", "vxd", and "cpl" to the latter
list.
Jeez! Is there any file type that _isn't_ executable by default on
Windows? :P
Well, out of those three, only "cmd" is "executable by double-click".
But the file format of libraries, drivers and everything is the same for
EXE, and so they are also executable. For example, "cpl" is a plug-in
for the Windows Control Panel, and so a CPL file in your Windows
directory would be executed when you open the Control Panel. Similarly,
VXD is a device driver, I think.
Greetings,
Timwi