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echo: virus_info
to: ANDREW SWINN
from: TODD COPELAND
date: 1997-02-27 19:05:00
subject: GIFS and Viruses

AS->I heard from a friend that it was possible to write a trojan or virus in 

  ->file.
AS->Is this possible??
No
AS->And why not?
There is no executable code in a GIF file (it's pure data).
A virus has to be activated/executed in some way.
 * OLX 2.1 * Todd Copeland  -  TEAM OS/2
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