>This just sucks!
>
>http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99522.htm
>
>New computer virus can infect picture files
This sounds like just a scare tactic, and until more information can be
provided, should be treated as such.
Data is just data, and can NOT normally contain a virus. Cases where it
could contain a virus are if the data isn't just data and allows code in it
(IE a Word .DOC file or Excel .XLS file that contains macros), or
potentially if the software used to view it has a buffer overrun problem.
If this is a case of a buffer overrun, then the infected picture would only
affect computers running the affected viewer.
And, it should be relatively easy to detect virus code in a data file.
>The virus still needs modifications to become dangerous, because it arrives
>as a program file that can be attached to an e-mail.
This is where the article makes no sense. If it's a picture that can
infect people, why is the prototype an .EXE file?
-Scott
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