OPENING WINDOWS BASED ATTACHMENTS

Hi,
I'm a new MAC user & am still finding my way around. One problem I've come across is that I cannot figure out how to open .wmv & .dat files? I've read some of the other solutions which involve having the Windows user change the way they send the files? This seems a bit cumbersome, there must be an equivalent file that we can use to open these files from our Mac?
Please help! I'm getting desperate......

Hi. Sorry for jumping onto this thread. I have both VLC and Flip4Mac installed but when I try and open DRM protected Windows media Video files it says that these are not in a recognised format. Is this a known limitation or is something else happenning?
Thanks a lot,
Rupert

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