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.desktop files and security.desktop files and securityPosted Apr 6, 2006 3:07 UTC (Thu) by mrshiny (subscriber, #4266)Parent article: .desktop files and security
The ability for a program to present any icon to the user IS definitely a problem; witness the spread of trojans on Windows platforms because of the default setup of Explorer (it hides file extensions). Users often click on what they think is a JPG when it is actually a program. Recent versions of Internet Explorer go to some lengths to try to inform the user that the file they've just downloaded is a program and it might be dangerous. Whether or not this feature works fully as intended, it is a step in the right direction. GNOME and KDE developers should take note of this issue, because it will affect their users as much as it has already affected Windows users.
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