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viper2040 · 02-09-2004, 07:42 PM

gah, its been a while, aint it?

ssjkarma--you hear of the blaster worm? On my campus, i got to see the bugger in action--it was infecting files like crazy...the virus' location? crazy "emails" saved to disk--it would create files called stuff like "1001 ways to save money.xml"...you didnt have to execute em, or anything.

Why do you think virus checkers check EVERY file, and not just exes?

viruses can also be written in vbs, bat, and pif files...

Ive had run ins with virus infected movies, and pictures...

02-09-2004, 07:42 PM	#28
viper2040 Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Virginia Posts: 789 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): Thanks (Received): Likes (Given): Likes (Received): Dislikes (Given): Dislikes (Received): Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	gah, its been a while, aint it? ssjkarma--you hear of the blaster worm? On my campus, i got to see the bugger in action--it was infecting files like crazy...the virus' location? crazy "emails" saved to disk--it would create files called stuff like "1001 ways to save money.xml"...you didnt have to execute em, or anything. Why do you think virus checkers check EVERY file, and not just exes? viruses can also be written in vbs, bat, and pif files... Ive had run ins with virus infected movies, and pictures... __________________ questions about getting PC, server, or game console to work? gimme a holler.