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yao	January 7th, 2005 12:15 PM

Passing Viruses

If someone downloads music from limewire, and burns the tracks to a CD, and one of the tracks happens to have a virus..... and then the person rips the tracks to another computer, does that computer now have the virus..??

RaaF	January 7th, 2005 02:46 PM

yao,
What you describe is theoretically possible.
But only with WMA files as far as I know.

cartman_rules!

January 7th, 2005 07:56 PM

i know that to be possible with mp3 files also and of course programs no doubt bout that :D

ukbobboy01

January 8th, 2005 03:23 AM

Viruses in CDs

People

It is possible to pass viruses from CDs to anything else that is why you should always check your files, before you burn them, with an AV checker. Once that virus is burned into a CD there is no way to get it out.

Windows users with long memories should remember that when Windows 95 CD first came out it had a virus burned into it. MS had to recall and scrap that CD.

UK Bob

flymang1

January 8th, 2005 07:16 PM

VIRUS-TROJAN warning

Just downloaded a ****** and my antivirusprogram hit me with a trojan horse warning (T32768) was a code attached.
For Info

RaaF	January 9th, 2005 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cartman_rules!
i know that to be possible with mp3 files

Can you provide us some info on this ?

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