[Am-info] McAfee: New virus is first to infect image files

[Fred A. Miller]

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McAfee: New virus is first to infect image files

"A new virus can, for the first time, infect image files, according to=20
antivirus software company McAfee.com Corp., a division of Santa Clara,=20
Calif.-based Network Associates Inc. That means the virus could be=20
spread through Web sites containing infected image files and force=20
antivirus companies to re-engineer their products, McAfee officials=20
said.=20

The virus, which McAfee is calling W32/Perrun, isn't yet spreading on=20
the Internet and was sent to McAfee by its author early today, said=20
Vincent Gullotto, senior director at the McAfee Anti-Virus Emergency=20
Response Team (AVERT) in Santa Clara."

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,71968,=
00.html

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org
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