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Old March 1st, 2005
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What keeps viruses/spyware from being disguised as video/music and being sent to users of limewire?
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If you're thinking in terms of wmv or wma or even possibly rm files then see: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=31862

As for others it's highly unlikely at present. However, the hidden extension concept is a possibility. Which is why everybody should be armed with a battery of tools like: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=34464
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