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	Social Eng: Double File Extension
Dated Posted:	04.10.2007
Posted By:	Roger Thompson - CTO
Category:	Research

	This is a webpage that contains code that tries to trick a visitor into downloading an executable file that is pretending to be something else. Specifically, it does this by using double extensions such as ".doc.exe". The user then might try to load the file into Word by double-clicking on it, at which time the malicious executable would then run and potentially infect the system. Users should _always_ be alert to the _last_ extension on the filename.

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