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Hi Andrew, Quoting Andrew Swinn to All, on 23 Feb 97 AS> I heard from a friend that it was possible to write a trojan or virus AS> in a gif file. Is this possible?? No. AS> And why not? Because the data from a gif file is never passed to the CPU for execution - it's interpreted by the viewer and then displayed on screen. Paul (note - netmail to 2:440/410, until 14th March or so...) --- FMail 1.02 ---------------* Origin: The Light Fantastic! (2:253/417.46) |
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