Hello Jan,
On Sunday, June 03, 2001 at 6:29:13 PM you wrote:
JR> I thought I read somewhere that some viri are now being spread via
JR> jpg or jpeg files; don't know if that's correct. But assuming it
JR> is, I noticed that these file types do *not* produce a TB! virus
JR> warning. What are your thoughts on this?
I may be wrong, but even as a technical there is no space on my imagination
for Image-viri as I've NEVER seen any (not proprietary) image-format that
contains executable code. So without executable code viri are impossible.
What I cannot deny in general the the hypothetical possibility of viri in .psd
or something else, because I don't know if there are informations stored in
them formats that could contains executable code.
AFAIR there also was a Bug in Netscape <= 4.76 where a .gif image could
contain javascript because of a bufferoverflow of Netscape, but this was not a
.giv-virus as more a Netscape virus (and the hidden code was limited to
JavaScript!!!)
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Regards
Peter Palmreuther mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Using The Bat! v1.53 Beta/11 on Windows 98 4.90 Build 3000 (WindowsME)
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