Filenames. Those magical labels we give our documents, our pictures, or other various creations. All filenames consist of two parts: Name.Extension where the Name part is the visible on all computer systems and the .Extension part is sometimes hidden from view. I personally hate computer systems that hide the extension because it allows phishing scammers an easy means to infect a computer by asking the victim to open up a picture called “aVirusPicture.jpg” and people will do so since they know .jpg is just a picture extension… not realizing that the full filename is “aVirusPicture.jpg.exe” because the Operating System has hidden the last “.exe” on them. Continue reading →