Virus Question

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Virus Question

Postby trainra » Wed Dec 28, 2005 5:05 am

Last time one of my friends downloaded an AMV and he got a virus so are viruses scanned for before they are put on the download page.
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Re: Virus Question

Postby trythil » Wed Dec 28, 2005 5:48 am

trainra wrote:Last time one of my friends downloaded an AMV and he got a virus so are viruses scanned for before they are put on the download page.


No. Computer viruses, generally speaking, do not propagate via data files. It is therefore unlikely that your friend contracted a computer virus via an AMV.

However, on the slim chance that you have discovered some novel virus* in the wild that can propagate via media players and can prove that, I suggest you send the infected file to McAfee, Symantec, or some other antivirus research lab. Then maybe we can do something about it.



* Note: a virus is not a worm is not a buffer overflow is not a Trojan horse.
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Re: Virus Question

Postby trythil » Wed Dec 28, 2005 5:49 am

trythil wrote:* Note: a virus is not a worm is not a buffer overflow is not a Trojan horse.


On that note, though, if someone IS uploading e.g. Trojan horses to the .org, I suggest you inform the moderators.
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