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| Isn't the add on system a bit risky? |
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| Kalphiter:
--- Quote from: Altiris on January 09, 2012, 05:23:37 PM ---Kalphiter, Im not really sure how viruses work but they probably do only go around in .exe files but I have heard there are some that spread to other files that have been created. And AV engines can't block viruses 100%. --- End quote --- This makes no sense, we shouldn't download any files from the internet then? You can't get a virus by downloading an add-on (excluding browser exploit), placing it the Blockland folder, and then running Blockland, however doing nothing else with the file, if that's what you're asking. |
| Superb:
Downloading a virus is possible, using a tcp object, but nobody's going to waste time doing all of that for blockland. |
| Mysteroo:
--- Quote from: Kalphiter on January 09, 2012, 05:25:28 PM ---This makes no sense, we shouldn't download any files from the internet then? You can't get a virus by downloading an add-on (excluding browser exploit), placing it the Blockland folder, and then running Blockland, however doing nothing else with the file, if that's what you're asking. --- End quote --- makes plenty of sense to me. All he's saying is that anybody can probably stick a virus in the file along with an add-on someone made. I mean a lot of webpages get you to download viruses without your knowing of it. And somehow those manage to get into effect and into the rest of one's computer. And from his point of view, and mine as well, a virus could probably hide in a file along with one such as an add-on. But even if we're wrong, you really don't have to act like we're being silly, the inner workings of a virus isn't exactly common knowledge. |
| Butler:
A virus can be hidden in the .zip file. However the add-on files themselves cannot be/contain a virus. Right? |
| Mysteroo:
--- Quote from: Butler on January 09, 2012, 05:45:12 PM ---A virus can be hidden in the .zip file. However the add-on files themselves cannot be/contain a virus. Right? --- End quote --- that's what I thought, but I could be wrong, I don't know much about viruses. |
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