Shift Website Trojan?


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I use AntiVir in Windows and nothing happened. Strange a .jpg can't be an executable so it should be safe. I downloaded the image and scanned it through virustotal and only Avast! detects it as malware. Click here for the analysis.

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Strange a .jpg can't be an executable so it should be safe.

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jpeg (and other image) files can carry a malicious payload. Windows and Linux both had a problem a year or two ago with malformed images potentially carrying executable payloads.

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Sure. Backpedalling from "can't be an executable" to "can contain an executable" is ok with me. ;)

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But still I don't think an image uploaded by a Shift Linux developer could contain malicious code. :|

anyone with a neowin account can upload to the art center

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AVG have an alias for the same virus/trojan, and I just ran it through there, and it found nothing. I'm certain this is a false positive. It's the second time an image uploaded by Nicholas-C has thrown up a warning like this, I'm wondering if there's something in the way he's saving them that's causing it.

Edit: Have contacted Avast, lets see if they can do anything to stop this happening again.

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