New virus can infect pictures (fwd)

June 13, 2002

Type: discussion

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,53196,00.html

3:15 p.m. June 13, 2002 PDT
WASHINGTON – A new virus threatens to strike one of the Internet's most common
and useful activities: sharing family photos.

The malicious program is the first ever to infect picture files, though it is
not currently attacking computers. Called "Perrun," it worries researchers
because it is the first to be able to cross from infecting a program to
infecting data files, long considered safe from such threats.

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