April 11th, 2004, 02:02 PM
Yes, good call Tiger. Streaming (as mentioned) is another way of hiding info in files but as Nihil states, execution of the content is tricky at best. I didn't mention it because virus code hidden in...
April 11th, 2004, 11:40 AM
Hiding information in files is nothing new, in fact, organized crime and terrorist groups have been doing it for years. However, the hidden content is not being interpreted (like a PERL script) or...
April 10th, 2004, 03:17 PM
Just to add a little more...
A good rule of thumb is that files that cannot execute code, typically are not going to carry a virus. As someone already mentioned, TXT files are a good example. To...