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Originally Posted by DaleDe
It also allows virus' to hide the fact that they are executable. There is no really good reason in my opinion to hide extension. If you change the extension there is a warning message. That should be enough. Dumbing down the user view only opens the user up to being taken advantage of.
Dale
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True, But I have seen some users manage to mess up spectacularly with extension, file associations and hidden system files. That's usually ended up causing more problems the just leaving them hidden.
So its usually the lesser of the two evils. While its a risk, you have to balance the two and based on the user and how tech savy and active they are.
My price example are my elder female relatives (Mom, aunt, etc). As they only go online to read a few sites, and hardly ever download any files directly, and mainly get mails from close relatives , its easier to hide everything, and just ensure that AV is kept updated, and runs scans regularly, and have a way to remotely fix problems.