-=> Quoting Rick Collins to Andrew Swinn <=-
 as> I heard from a friend that it was possible to write a trojan or
 as> virus in a gif file.
 AS> Is this possible??
 RC> You can write anything you want in a file, even a .GIF file.
 AS> And why not?
 RC> 'Cause it won't do anything particularly?  .GIF files are not
 RC> _executed_ and therefore a trojan or virus written in a .GIF won't
 RC> _do_ anything.
        What if the virus is tailored to look for a specific jump sequence in
a specific viewing program, and then "load" based on that, and use the jump 
s
a "wave" to ride upon, completing the execution sequence? Wouldn't that work?
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