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to: DAVID DESROSIERS
from: RICK COLLINS
date: 1997-03-02 19:41:00
subject: GIFS and Viruses

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rc> 'Cause it won't do anything particularly? .GIF files are not
rc> _executed_ and therefore a trojan or virus written in a .GIF
rc> won't _do_ anything. 
dd> What if the virus is tailored to look for a specific jump
dd> sequence in a specific viewing program, and then "load" based on
dd> that, and use the jump as a "wave" to ride upon, completing the
dd> execution sequence? Wouldn't that work? 
If the virus is "looking for a specifc jump sequence" then the virus
is _already_ loaded, and executing.  Now:  How did the virus get
loaded?
TTFN. Rick.
Ottawa, ON 2 Mar 19:43 
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