Sadly, the first jpeg virus is real

[Spectabilis73]

Most of us know of the recent exploit posted to the MS forums and here's the first actual virus associated with it. And yes, you CAN get it just by viewing the .jpg (which right now isn't an actual image but still a .jpg in 8k of code).

Times are a changing.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcente....ll.html

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcente....ad.html

 

[firewired]

Hmm........that seems strange, I have never heard of that before. Hopefully they will find a way to combat it soon.

 

[Finch]

me nether. What r u talking about

 

[Spectabilis73]

JPEG is an image file... so, relatively speaking, if THIS was the jpg virus, you would get it just by viewing the picture:

http://spectabilis.crosswinds.net/AVATAR/Clipboard.jpg

no, you wont get a virus going there

 

[pond boy]

Manthats bad! Wow those hackers are getting smart!(as if they weren`t genuses already) if only they would put there powers to good use...

 

[Spectabilis73]

Quote[/b] (pond boy @ Sep. 30 2004,2:26)]Man thats bad! Wow those hackers are getting smart!(as if they weren`t genuses already) if only they would put there powers to good use...

Yea... if they could use the knowledge on more important things, the country would probably be a different place...

Oh, and thanks for telling me that I'm smart

Oops im not a hacker

 

[Amateur_Expert]

With the ability to hack, comes great responsibility. I think i can handle it. With knowledge of computers, comes the ability to do some crazy stuff

 

[Fygee]

Fantastic. Now my workload is likely going to skyrocket even more thanks to this great breakthrough in computer destruction.

Its things like this that make tech support gurus want to hurl themselves over a nice, tall bridge.