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peeda
12-03-2006, 12:39 PM
Someone Said That If There Is MZ at The Start of A file when opened with Notepad: It Is A Virus . Is It True Guys.
vnc
12-03-2006, 01:58 PM
NO
themera
12-03-2006, 03:05 PM
WHAAAAAAAAAAA
amilabanuka
12-03-2006, 05:50 PM
Someone Said That If There Is MZ at The Start of A file when opened with Notepad: It Is A Virus . Is It True Guys.
No machan.
I don't think so
Anusha
12-03-2006, 06:01 PM
Not necessaily. But iirc, MZ is there for the OS to identify if it's an executable file. So, if the file is a bmp, which is NOT and executable file, and if it HAS MZ, it could be a virus, because this is fishy. This could be a disguised executable file in a form of an image file, to make you open it without thinking twice.

But every executable file should have MZ in front.
peeda
12-03-2006, 06:12 PM
Thankz
Anusha
12-03-2006, 06:14 PM
You are welcome.

I think you were asking about what tdevinda told you on that "how to open a tiff file" right?
amilabanuka
12-03-2006, 08:37 PM
Not necessaily. But iirc, MZ is there for the OS to identify if it's an executable file. So, if the file is a bmp, which is NOT and executable file, and if it HAS MZ, it could be a virus, because this is fishy. This could be a disguised executable file in a form of an image file, to make you open it without thinking twice.

But every executable file should have MZ in front.
Thank you very much for the info mahan