| Posted by twilitegypsy, 10/6/09 2:11 PM - Permalink Okay I have a question our IT guy at work says it is possible to get a virus
from wallpaper even when you save it by rightclicking.I am not sure if he is
right and if he is how would you scan it etc or could you only scan when you dl it. Last Edit: 10/6/09 at 2:21 pm |
 | Posted by _Your_Savior_, 10/6/09 6:47 PM - Permalink Not from this site, all wallpapers are virus free
and its EXTREMELY rare to see ANY type of virus in a normal picture. I doubt you'll see one in your lifetime.
But yea, its possible to get a virus from saving just about anything, much more so then viewing the page itself |
| Posted by twilitegypsy, 10/6/09 7:44 PM - Permalink Okay thats good to know, thanks for such a quick reply. |
| Posted by LarryTheDart, 10/9/09 1:34 PM - Permalink They can be embedded in jpeg's. Your best bet is to let your anti-virus software scan any file you download before you open, regardless of type. |
| Posted by _Your_Savior_, 10/9/09 5:05 PM - Permalink you dont have to do that, its too much of a hassle to scan every file
and most people dont even know how to embed anything into anything, so dont worry about it |
| Posted by shieldmaiden, 10/10/09 11:23 AM - Permalink I usually just do a full scan with KIS on Saturday mornings. It cleans everything, and program picks up malware immediately, which is the only thing that really concerns me.
It's not perfect but it works well enough, and I have a friend who is an IT for IBM who can help me I get into serious trouble. |
| Posted by SoulRedeemer, 10/12/09 7:08 PM - Permalink I use Mozilla Firefox and with that is a great add-on called DownloadStatusBar and with this add-on you can set your anti-virus to scan the files you download. I use avast professional and it has a quick scan application which makes it perfect to use with this add-on. I did read somewhere that yes pictures can contain a virus but its very rare and i doubt DN has any "harmful" wallpapers. Also if you use a suitable anti-virus they all should have Real-Time scanners that basically protect you against zero time threats, |
| Posted by palmsera, 7/17/10 12:13 AM - Permalink what happens if the operating system is linux ?. |
| Posted by opuntia, 8/12/10 8:48 PM - Permalink Linux, as far as I know, has no present virus problem unlike the Windows OS. Pretty much all virus issues affect Windows which is very very popular among the masses--Linux is only used by a small percentage. As Linux is incompatible with any virus affecting Windows, it is unaffected--unless you use Wine-compatible downloads (Wine is used to utilize certain Windows programs on Linux). |
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