"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message
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"Butch Magee" wrote in message
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Ron H wrote:
I certainly hope everyone in this list is smart enough to NEVER open a
file
with the .scr extension!


Carry On!
K3PID
Ron H.


I don't mind my ignorance showing,...what is an .scr ext?

KF5DE

The .scr is usually the screen saver program extentions. They are
exicutable programs just like the .exe programs. They can take over the
computer and do almost anything. Good way to pass on a virus or worm or
anything if the programmer does not want to really use them as a screen
saver.


My daughter opened one on her computer, All the text looked like Klingon
after that. Had to reload Windows to fix it but that didnt end the problem.
After the reload and I thought all was fixed I discovered all the shortcuts
to internet sites took me to the same place, an extremely graphic gay porn
site. Good thing my daughter was in school at the time and even more
fortunate that I decided to click around on some of her internet shortcuts.
The first thing she does when she gets in from school is get on the
internet.