-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Images and viruses
- From: ~OoO~ <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:18:51 -0400
To date, that is not possible.
However, sometimes you'll see a file like so:
picture.jpg .exe
notice the extra spaces and the .exe. That's a moron's way of hiding the
true extension, making you think you have a jpg, and tricking you into
double-clicking and running the executeable.
---Troth
At 9/28/2003 03:33 PM, Glenn wrote:
>I wonder if an image attached to an email message can be a virus in
>disguise? If you receive a plain .jpg attachment, the kind that Outlook
>displays at the bottom of emails, is there any possibility it can be a
>virus?
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