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receive an attachment and select it, normally your e-mail program will
prompt you with a warning and give you the option to save it or open it.
Normally, you would not want to open an executable file right from your
e-mail unless you were expecting it or if it is from someone you trust.
Files that end with vbs are VBScript files.These are much like batch
files, except they are geared more toward the graphical user interface
world of Windows, whereas batch files were geared more toward the
DOS-based world. Creating a VBScript file is easy:
1. Open a text editor, and enter some text in the ...