video files

[Aachen]

can a .avi or .mpg/mpeg file be infected by a virus or spyware?

ps: i'm not talking about .avi.exe files, but real video files

thanks

[radix]

can a .avi or .mpg/mpeg file be infected by a virus or spyware?

ps: i'm not talking about .avi.exe files, but real video files

thanks

Why not, since is posible to hide files inside a jpg file? But I don't think that is posible to spread infection in computer files.