How Hackers Can Disguise Malicious Programs With Fake File Extensions

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Published on Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:00:12 GMT Indexed on 2012/10/22 11:06 UTC
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File extensions can be faked – that file with an .mp3 extension may actually be an executable program. Hackers can fake file extensions by abusing a special Unicode character, forcing text to be displayed in reverse order.

Windows also hides file extensions by default, which is another way novice users can be deceived – a file with a name like picture.jpg.exe will appear as a harmless JPEG image file.

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