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Name: JerryW
Date: January 26, 2009 at 10:20:58 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: 1,58 ghz, 1024mb
Product: Amd / Sempron 2300
Subcategory: General
Comment:

I have emailed some jpeg images to a mac user and they arrived as .dat files that she couldn't open. Why and what can I do about it?



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Name: StuartS
Date: January 26, 2009 at 10:30:14 Pacific
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Tell the user to rename them to .JPG. The chances are that the user has an anti-virus application that has renamed the files to .DAt as JPG files can be used as a vehicle for viruses and Trojans. Once renamed they cannot be opened automatically by a viewer which would activate the virus.

Once the receiver is sure that they come from a legitimate source they should be readable once they are renamed.

Stuart


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