stego virus
Hack Watch News
kooltek at iol.ie
Wed Aug 28 21:02:28 PDT 1996
On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Moroni wrote:
> If a virus is embedded into a giff ,is it executed when the giff is or
> does it require the usual overwriting etc methods to execute it?
>
The GIF would contain the operational data and the viewer would contain
the engine. Both would be inert until mixed just like binary nerve
gasses. The problem would be detecting the data in the GIF or indeed any
other form of file. Theoretically it could even be part of a text file
using the high bits.
Regards...jmcc
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