> I shall skip the oft-mentioned rant on the subject > of running > unknown and unexpected files of strange types from unknown > and untrusted > sources ;-) I think the issue here is that even when the sensible user has disabled "hide extensions" he should be safe to assume that a .txt file is only text and is, therefore, safe to open. In short, it doesn't appear to be a file of "strange type". The fact that the description shows "HTML application" is only relevant where the user is browsing using "View/Details"; using small or large icons will only show a .txt file, although the icon may be a giveaway that something is up. FWIW, it shows the same behaviour here on an NT 4.0 SP5 machine.
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