cinque8 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Hi, there is something that I am curious about. I have Yahoo Mail, and whenever you download a photo that is attached to an email, Yahoo has Norton scan the photo for viruses. I can understand how a virus can be embedded in a text or script but how can a virus be embedded in a photo? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Have a read of this. http://www.geek.com/news/updated2-new-virus-embeds-itself-in-jpg-images-549279/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinque8 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Great article Alan, Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 On a visit to us about eighteen months ago, my granddaughter asked me if she could go on face book and download a photo of her friend so that she could make her a presentation. Two viruses came down with it, and were quarantined by Eset Nod 32. This is why I have never allowed the dreaded face book anywhere near to my computer again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinque8 Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 This article points out that not only low lifes and sleeze bags send malicious emails. http://net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2574 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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