A possible virus

[Dan Egli]

Jpegs are different than Source Code. It is possible to include worm/trojan
info in the image, but it's not possible to include RUNNABLE worm code in
source code. You'd have to compile the code for the worm code to become
dangerous.

----- Original Message -----
From: "William D. Colburn (aka Schlake)" <wcolburn at nmt.edu>
To: "Gerald Carter" <gcarter at valinux.com>
Cc: <dan_mcmanus at co.blm.gov>; <samba at samba.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: A possible virus


>
> This is extremely off-topic, but I wanted to point out that I used to
> believe things like this.  Then I saw not one, but *two* different ways
> to make viewable jpeg images that contained worms.  One propogated
> through IE, the other through netscape.  Stay alert, trust no one.
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 09:26:12AM -0700, Gerald Carter wrote:
> > It's source code.  There are no executables in it.  What virus
> > scanner are
> > you using?
>
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> William Colburn, "Sysprog" <wcolburn at nmt.edu>
> Computer Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
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