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by jakub_g 4228 days ago
You can exploit this trick to some extent to name a file in a way that spoofs its real extension. E.g. name an .exe file such that it looks like if it was .doc (and give the exe an icon associated often with .doc to be even more convincing).
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Pretty dangerous, but at least my browser corrects it in the address bar.