[Ham-Computers] Possible Virus??

Sat, 6 Dec 2003 21:26:38 -0700

FWIW Dell (and others) ship their XP-based machines with
house-branded "viewers" and other utilities that manage things 
like photos and other imported files in a way that  *they*  think 
you might want them to be managed.

You might want to consider downloading one of the excellent
image management tools available, then crippling whatever
was shipped on your particular computer to eliminate the
problem of "renamed" files in the future.

73 de John
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Isbell" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Possible Virus??

> I dont think it a virus a virus, but I have a similar problem when 
> downloading com files and the computer adds the extension .jpg so that a 
> file that should be xxxx.com becomes xxxx.com.jpg    This requires going 
> into DOS to remove the exteranious extension.  There must be something 
> set incorrectly somewhere, but I cant find it.  I am using XP.  If I 
> were in 98 I would know where to go, but XP has been changed and the 
> custom settings are not so easy to find now.