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In theory, can you get hacked through watching streaming services?
I kind of get it that you can get hacked by loading up an image, as there can be code embedded in the file that may execute under certain circumstances, and the image itself won’t even look much ...
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Chance of virus/malware and non-executable files
I’ve seen this question being asked so many times, but I still have questions.
I know that to execute malicious code from non-executable files such as videos (mp4), audios (mp3) and documents (pdf), ...
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Could YouTube downloaded videos be infected (by Youtube)?
I downloaded Youtube videos, but found out just now it is illegal. I thought that if Mozilla page has add-on for that, it must be legal!
Could Youtube videos be infected? Could Youtube infect them to ...
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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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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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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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