Linked Questions
16 questions linked to/from Virus Encoded in Video
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Is VLC on Linux vulnerable to an attack from .wmv files designed to install viruses? [duplicate]
I was stupid and did not check a video file I downloaded from an untrustworthy source. It was .wmv file with no readable properties of the video. I know that .wmv videos can download viruses. What I ...
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Can .mp4 files contain viruses? [duplicate]
An .mp4 file is a common file extension which wraps movies, video clips, etc.
Can this file contain viruses?
Or, to rephrase the question, if I open it with a common video player (such as Windows ...
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Can mp3 files be malicious? [duplicate]
I have an old computer that I don't use for anything important or sensitive.
I occasionally download music on this old computer and transfer the mp3 files from a usb onto my primary computer.
These ...
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Could there be malware in a video on twitter? [duplicate]
I don't know anything about security.
I want to download the videos I like from twitter. And I'm not going to do it by writing a program. I will manually find the necessary link in the html document ...
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codecfix.exe virus and VLC Player and Windows 7 [duplicate]
I downloaded a .wmv file (supposedly the new movie War Dogs) from thepiratebay.org, and when I tried to play it using VLC, a dialog box popped up, indicating some error. Information about this error ...
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Can a video file contain code that shares your identity? [duplicate]
Could a video file contain code that reveals and sends your ip/mac address or give access to personal files to somebody else? Would normal video players (like VLC) be able to notice that kind of ...
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Is it possible for media files (mp3,mp4) contain malware [duplicate]
I would like to know the technique and if it’s possible in the first one place, not activating the media player the file it self
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Can the previewable option in file managers execute malware?
I am using Nemo file manager and I enabled the Previewable files option that shows video/photo files with their thumbnails:
I don't know exactly how files managers generate thumbnails, but I am ...
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Is it possible to transfer a virus through browser video?
I know that there is already a question related to viruses in videos, but the implication in the other question is that videos in question have been downloaded and played by media software on the ...
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Watching movie from a potentially infected device
I went on holiday with a friend. He filmed and made a movie from our trip. He put the movie on my usb key.
I was about to plug this, but realised my friend does not have good security practices, so ...
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What can a virus hidden in a video do and will the video be playable?
Based on existing answers, I found out that viruses can "hide" in a video by exploiting the software/libraries used to open the video, say ffmpeg. But my question is:
If a video contains ...
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The threat of video metadata
There are various old questions on stack exchange which say that malicious code in file metadata can potentially be executed when the file is opened (here, here, and here for example). They are all ...
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Could running applets/videos trigger a drive-by download attack?
Let us visit a given webpage on which video files and/or java applets are embedded. Could clicking to start on these videos/applets lead to a drive-by download attack ?
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Wifi Cloud Storage
If you move files from an infected machine to a Wi-Fi Cloud storage, then move the same files from the Wi-Fi storage to a non infected machine, could you infect your new non infected machine?
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Can a file contain a virus that an antivirus cannot detect? [duplicate]
Suppose that I have an external storage (such as a USB memory stick or an SD card) which contains some files (such as documents or images).
Suppose that I am running an antivirus which scans drives ...
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