On 13 September 2013 18:46, Wes Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a customer who picked up the AUTORUN.INF virus.  I remoted in and 
> installed some prg's, frx's, and an exe this morning.
> He called and wanted to know if I gave him the virus.   To my limited 
> knowledge, there is zero chance of any virus or malware worm attaching to my 
> exe.
> Am I safe in saying that?

A virus can modify an exe (and possible dll).  They insert a bit of
code that loads the virus and then runs the main application.
I see no reason why a fox program can't be infected.

As Tracy pointed out signing your executable can help (something I've
tried and failed miserably at with dot net applications...).

-- 
Paul

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