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Title	New virus is first to infect image files
Type	News
Source	ITworld.com 06/13/2002
Summary	A new virus can, for the first time, infect image files, according to antivirus software company McAfee Security, a division of Network Associates Inc. This means that the virus could be spread through Web sites containing infected image files, and force antivirus companies to re-engineer their products. continue

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