Gary Nunn wrote:
>
> This is not a virus "warning" that is spreading around the internet, but an
> article about a new type of virus that infects data files such as pictures.
>
> http://apnews.excite.com/article/20020613/D7K4F4EG1.html
Interesting, but I don't really see it as a virus. Here's
a quote from the MacAfee site linked in the article:
"This appending virus is the first reported JPEG infector. It is
multi-component in nature, requiring an extractor file to extract
(and execute) the virus body from infected JPEG files.
Infected JPEGs are unable to replicate on non-infected machines -
ie. machines without the extractor component installed
(hooked in the Registry)."
To me, the extractor IS the virus. All it's doing is
storing some of its 'genetic material' in the JPEG files.
---David
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