html file will do the same for your browser, a. txt file will cause Notepad to be started and the contents of the file to be read into it. The three letter extension at the end of a file name is used by Windows to determine how the file is to be handled. (Windows will ask you if you’re sure about that click Yes.) Now double-click the file. Change the extension at the end of the file name from. Windows will create a new file with the default name “New Text Document.txt”. Right-click the mouse on an empty space on the desktop, choose New and select Text Document. You’ll need to have Internet Explorer version 5 (or later) installed and you should open My Computer and check that you’ve deselected “Hide file extensions for known file types” under View But how can a text file be a virus? And why should NAV get so upset?īefore we go any further you might like to try a little experiment. Admittedly a rather techy looking text file but a text file nonetheless. The sort of file you open and alter with Notepad. Well here’s what surprised me this virus is a text file. Okay, you’re thinking, so what’s the big deal? Viruses aren’t exactly uncommon. Which is just as well because when I asked Norton AntiVirus to check it out it threw up its hands and cried “Danger! Danger! Alien intruder!” He has his email program set to not run scripts automatically, so when the attachment arrived it did nothing.
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