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On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 22:14:36 GMT, auk3@mail.com (Auk) wrote:

>On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 22:36:22 +0200, "Rudi S."
><andromeda@planetinternet.be> wrote:

>>First JPEG Virus Identified

>Ik vind dit niet echt iets bijzonders. Het is niet zo dat je besmet
>kunt raken door een JPG bestand. 
>Ik vind ook niet dat je dit een JPEG virus kunt noemen. 

En gelukkig ben'k niet de enige die er zo over denkt :

Quotes van :
http://antivirus.about.com/library/weekly/aa061802a.htm

"A rather bizarre attempt to prove that image files were capable of
being infected resulted in a 'proof of concept' virus that infects
JPEG files."

"At best, it can only be considered a very clumsy attempt to try and
prove that infection via image files is possible"

"The question becomes whether the 'proof of concept' virus Perrun
proves anything other than the desperate nature of certain virus
writers who feel a need to prove something, anything, no matter how
unfunctional/disfunctional that something really is."

"... the real danger of infection lies with the handler application -
which is a ho-hum executable and hardly a novel file type insofar as
viruses are concerned."

"Some anti-virus vendors may be tempted to predict the end of the
world as we know it, or warn of an impending era when all graphic
files should be treated with suspicion. Such experts should be ashamed
of themselves," 

" ... graphic files infected by this virus are completely and utterly
harmless"

Auk