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Georgi Guninski security advisory #42, 2001 - By double clicking from Window Explorer or Internet Explorer on filenames with innocent extensions the user may be tricked to execute arbitrary programs. If the file extension has a certain CLSID, then Windows explorer and IE do not show the CLSID and only the harmless looking extension. Demonstration available here.

Georgi Guninski security advisory #42, 2001 - By double clicking from Window Explorer or Internet Explorer on filenames with innocent extensions the user may be tricked to execute arbitrary programs. If the file extension has a certain CLSID, then Windows explorer and IE do not show the CLSID and only the harmless looking extension. Demonstration available here.