Re: Avi or mpeg virus possible ?



Any movie file format that is capable of doing anything other than
holding the movie itself is inherently dangerous.

WMV files for example were created as a wrapper for movie files
specifically to enable them to do this. Never play or use WMV files is a
good habit.

There is no reason to have a movie file format capable of containing data
or code other than the raw movie itself plus a header identifying the
codec. All arguaments for this are spurious.

Any format doing more than that can will and IS being used to hack.

Providing you have no trojans on your system the following file
formats/codecs are safe:

Intel AVI
Mpeg-1
Mpeg-2
VOB

ALL others are unsafe no matter what claims are made for them.

NEVER install players capable of identifying the file type - eg A media
player that will play an mpeg with an AVI file extension is a massive
security hazard - that means almost all on any microsoft system - they
designed it that way - they create revenue for anti-virus companies.

Those are the facts - what you do about them is up to you.


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