Re: Virus in Jpgs

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:01:51 -0500

Tell him to load Anti Virus software and specifically scan for JPEG and JP? extensions.

True JPEGS are in themselves not able to infect. They need a helper application. Anyone
can name any file anything and a EXE file could be renamed as a JPEG.

Put simply the are a very low risk. 

-- 
Dave
"Matthias Marx" <marx@matthiasmarx.com> wrote in message
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| Hello,
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| in a Website there should be a mechanism, to upload jpgs. The IT Manager,
| has the problem, that a user could load a jpg within a virus.
| Is that posible, could a jpg have a virus?
| If the jpg is rendered, is the virus still alive?
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| Thank you?
|
| Matthias
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