Some members are concerned about video files because they are not usually scanned by antivirus system of Yahoo.
On trying to scan this message is shown
Virus Scan Results
File name: .wmv
File size: 345kb
File type: video/x-ms-wmv
Scan result: Virus scanning not supported for this type of file.
This file has not been scanned. More Info
Note: This attachment may contain viruses that could damage your computer and be spread to others.
ON CLICKING --- " More Info" this message
comes out
Why does it say virus scanning not supported for this type of file?
Virus scanning is not supported for this file because viruses are found only in file types that contain executable code.
Bandwidth and time can be saved by limiting the files to be scanned to only those file types that can contain viruses.
In the interest of optimizing the overall performance and safety of Yahoo! Mail, the list of scanned file types is restricted to those deemed to be potentially harmful
So it is clear that wmv and mpeg and other
audio video files are harmless .They donot harbour
viruses as they donot contain executable codes
just as JPG and JPEG files donot contain executable
codes and are not scanned too .( JPG and JPEG are
routine pictures and images files ).
Thats why antivirus software of yahoo doesnot find
it neceassry to scan such files .One can download
and view them without any worry.
Our group has released many video files and
nobody's computer has been infected because of
downloading video files like wmv.
Potentially dangerous files are SCR ,PIF , Com
------ nearly always containing virus . Zip and EXE
files may contain viruses .Our group never accepts
Zip and EXE files apart from scr,pif,com files.
So I hope you can now enjoy funny video clips
without any anxiety.
Ms Vibhuti Jain
