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virus's via .mov files?
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| Charles T. Smith 2007-06-05, 6:18 pm |
| Have I infected my computer?
I just tried to view a .mov file with the MS media viewer. The
application gave me a dialog box which said that it didn't really have
the proper decoder, and that anyway, one needed to make sure that the
files was from a trustworthy source. But it played anyway.
Is the MS media viewer so fantastic that it runs executables automatically?
Or are there other ways that a video file can infect a computer?
TIA
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| Heiko Recktenwald 2007-06-13, 3:17 am |
| Charles T. Smith wrote:
> Have I infected my computer?
>
> I just tried to view a .mov file with the MS media viewer. The
> application gave me a dialog box which said that it didn't really have
> the proper decoder, and that anyway, one needed to make sure that the
> files was from a trustworthy source. But it played anyway.
This happens.
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> Is the MS media viewer so fantastic that it runs executables automatically?
> Or are there other ways that a video file can infect a computer?
Are you infected? A mov is not an executable.
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> TIA
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| Charles T. Smith 2007-07-02, 6:20 pm |
| On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:29:39 +0200, Heiko Recktenwald wrote:
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> Charles T. Smith wrote:
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> This happens.
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> Are you infected? A mov is not an executable.
A mov is not an executable, nor is a jpg. Nor an html, for that matter.
But executables can be invoked from html, and apparently also from jpg.
In any case, there's some security consideration for jpg's. So, perhaps
for mov files as well.
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| Norbert Hahn 2007-07-03, 6:16 am |
| "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private@yahoo.com> wrote:
>A mov is not an executable, nor is a jpg. Nor an html, for that matter.
>But executables can be invoked from html, and apparently also from jpg.
Do you have some more information on how to start an executable
from a jpg picture?
Norbert
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| Charles T. Smith 2007-07-03, 6:21 pm |
| On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:06:20 +0200, Norbert Hahn wrote:
> "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Do you have some more information on how to start an executable from a jpg
> picture?
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> Norbert
No, I can't. Do you happen to know why Thunderbird has a checkbox under
the "Privacy" configuration window for "Block loading of remote images in
mail messages"?
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| Heiko Recktenwald 2007-07-05, 3:18 am |
| Charles T. Smith wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:06:20 +0200, Norbert Hahn wrote:
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> No, I can't. Do you happen to know why Thunderbird has a checkbox under
> the "Privacy" configuration window for "Block loading of remote images in
> mail messages"?
Unwanted traffic?
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