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 Message 629 
 Richard Miles to Wilfred van Velzen 
 .img files are just binary files. They  
 30 Nov 21 21:09:39 
 
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RealName: Richard Miles 1:3634/24
 WvV> I think .IMG files are cdrom burn files. Windows can open them by
default (I suspect), so users can be tricked into opening them,  and "execute"
the malicious content...

.img  files are just binary files. They hold images of floppy disks, hard
drives, CD-ROMs. A lot of different programs and operating systems can open
them
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