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Re: malware in swgo?

Postby WD-40 » Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:04 pm

That was my point. There are pictures, whether or not it's porn, that have 'executables' that can automatically cause a download of malware, etc. If you left click on them. Saving the image itself would not do it. Obviously, Otto it was a jest. I shoulda just let that one go. I was in a 'funk' last night and shoulda stayed away from the forum. :-|
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Re: malware in swgo?

Postby [m'kay] » Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:47 pm

Darth Crater wrote:Actually, fun fact - you can technically be infected by an image. It can't happen by viewing one on the internet, though. You'd have to download a specially prepared image with malicious code hidden in it, manually change its extension to .exe, and execute it. (For those not aware, this is an incredibly stupid thing to do, you can't do it by accident, and there is no plausible reason you should do anything remotely similar. Naturally, many thousands of people were infected this way.)



Sorry, but how else exactly am I expected to get my Jessica Simpson/Powerpuff Girls porno if I don't follow the instructions on the site? Pfft, idiot.
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