Re: Virus in image files ?

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Check out http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99522 for more
information.  They claim that "This virus is a proof of concept and it has
not been seen in the wild."

Dan C.\


At 10:14 PM 14-06-02 -0400, *-CHILLED DELIRIUM-* wrote:
>
>     There's a little article out today from AP on an announcement
>from McAfee Security about a "Perrun" virus, which has a component
>that infects Jpegs. The worry is not about this particular virus,
>because it needs an "extractor" component also present in the
>victim's hard drive. But they theorize that before long, other
>viruses will be designed to be totally coded into Jpegs, and
>like this one, invisible when you pull the image up. 
>  
>                                               --- Luis
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