Re: Virus in an AVI file

From: John Miller (ab7000@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 07/22/02 

From: "John Miller" <ab7000@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:14:36 GMT

"Juan Pardillos" <sicotom@eresmas.com> wrote in message news:6278687.0207160927.62f93e1c@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> is it possible to be infected by a virus residing in an AVI file?.
>

Sometimes when watching .avi's explorer runs and connects to the home website where they were created, so they can certainly
trigger programs to run.

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