On 23 Feb at 20:30, Andrew Swinn of 3:632/309 wrote to All:
AS> Hi all
AS> I heard from a friend that it was possible to write a trojan or virus in 
a 
AS> gif file.
AS> Is this possible??
No.
AS> And why not?
The file is =read= and not executed. It is data only.
It is possible to "hide" a virus in a GIF file. The "why" escapes me. It 
would need to be extracted by a separate custom made program.
Regards,
Chris Maddock
chrism@softtech.brisnet.org.au
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