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echo: virus_info
to: KURT WISMER
from: THE VISIONARY
date: 1996-12-22 09:43:00
subject: Re: Virus infect picture

 KW> no, it is not possible for viruses to spread through pictures...
 KW> viruses are programs and need to execute to do anything... there is
 KW> no executable code in picture files and picture files never get
 KW> executed...
       What if you store viral code in an image, and then that code is
executed by the image VIEWER you use to look at it? Wouldn't that be the
same as a macro virus -- dormant until Word executes it?
-The Visionary
visionary@brazerko.com
... From listening comes wisdom; from speaking, repentance.
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