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hammermaff
03-31-2003, 11:10 AM
If your d/ling a movie & you want to check it's o.k. by using avi. preview.
What if there happens to be a virus in the movie??? does this mean that it will infect your pc because you've opened the file??? :unsure: .

Leech_Killer
03-31-2003, 11:16 AM
Your AV software should be scanning all incoming traffic for viruses, if a movie has a virus in it it'll be pickup before it's finished downloading. But it's mainly software downloads that contain viruses which you can't open until they've completed.

hammermaff
03-31-2003, 05:28 PM
@leech killer

Thanks very much for the info

Maff.

4play
03-31-2003, 05:42 PM
it is almost impossible for a movie to contain a virus.

mp3 have been known to if you use cetain players due to buffer overflows but it is not really a problem.

Benno
03-31-2003, 05:44 PM
hammermaff you should resize your sig :)

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