From: "Geo" 

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A text file?

Geo. (I've never seen a vi exploit)
  "Rich"  wrote in message news:4477f3d4{at}w3.nls.net...
     Any, yes any, file or file format could be the source of a virus.  =
While some like PDF support scripting directly and can be dangerous as a =
programming environment, that isn't necessary.  What can happen with any =
file, and has already happened with jpeg as Rich pointed out, is that = the
applications or libraries that process these files can have bugs = that are
exploitable to allow code to run.

  Rich

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A text file?
 
Geo. (I've never seen a vi =
exploit)

  "Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:4477f3d4{at}w3.nls.net...
     Any,
yes any, file or =
file format=20
  could be the source of a virus.  While some like PDF support =
scripting=20
  directly and can be dangerous as a programming environment, that isn't =

  necessary.  What can happen with any file, and has already =
happened with=20
  jpeg as Rich pointed out, is that the applications or libraries that =
process=20
  these files can have bugs that are exploitable to allow code to=20
  run.
   
  Rich
   

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