Konqueror vs Firefox

[David Boles]

Tim wrote:
> Tim:
>>> Then did a "file" command on one of the files listed.  It was a DOS
>>> executable.  Hmm, don't you just love *NOT* running a Microsoft OS or
>>> browser when you web browse...?
> 
> David Boles:
>> Curious. Do you still have the file or do you remember it's name? 
> 
> No, not any longer.  The filenames are just those random strings of
> letters, so there'd be no clues in that, either.  I'd hazard a guess
> that it'd be from some site that'd stuffed an executable into what
> purported to be an image, in the hope the MSIE would do whatever it
> normally does (ignore the MIME type, assess the type of file itself,
> have Explorer do whatever Explorer normally does with that file type,
> and in this case it would be executing it).
> 
> You'd see spam email try this trick, though they'd usually stuff the
> nasty file into something that pretended it was a MIDI file to be played
> in the background while viewing the mail.
> 
> Make an OS that panders to idiots, and what do you get...


Too bad. There a many sites that could have been searched that might have
identified what this is/was.

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   David