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tv> What if you store viral code in an image, and then that code is
tv> executed by the image VIEWER you use to look at it? Wouldn't
tv> that be the same as a macro virus -- dormant until Word executes
tv> it?
The image viewer doesn't _execute_ the image data. It's _data_, not
code. And, no, it's not the same thing as a "macro virus". Macros
_are_ expected to be executed.
TTFN. Rick.
Ottawa, ON 23 Dec 20:39
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