WARNING! VIRUS!

[Theo]

From: Glen <mclilith at ezwv.com>

> At 09:20 AM 11/14/00 , Theo wrote:
>
> >At least on my system the SHS extension was registered by Office 2000.
> >I changed the file type settings for .SHS files to; always show extension
> >and confirm open after download.
>
> I tried this also, but Windows Explorer *still* insists on hiding the
> ".shs" extension!
>
Same here, extension is kept hidden no matter what.

> It just makes a person wonder *what else* does Windows (and Microsoft)
hide
> from us?
>
Yeah, this one keeps the paranoia level up. ;^)  &  :((

It seems that .SHS are virtual basic related files.
The one on my system exist of some code and resource block containing a bit
map.
IE and Windows-help show the bitmap, when you click it the code is executed.

> For the record, I'm using Win95 OSR2. Perhaps a later version of windows
> would exhibit different behavior in regards to hiding the ".shs"
extension,
> but I really doubt if the later versions have been improved in this
respect.
>
Your doubt is justified, I'm using win98 SE

> Later,
> Glen Berry
>

Bye, Theo