by Black_Dragon » December 21st, 2007, 2:07 am
hey .. I think, there will not be any harm with the picture files which you download from net....
The only thing which might effect your system is the site address from where you download these pictures ..... to your local machine....
I know how to store important data in a picture secretly but they will be stored as a inactive data, which could do nothing to your system....
But keep a watch on the content present in the picture files like.... the links present on that ...etc
Except this, i can tell you that , there is no harm with the picture files....
Note: There may be some infections caused by the files which may be extension changed to picture files....
For example, there may be chance to a malware file which displays as a picture file but contain the malware things..
This is because the actual malware file may be extension changed to a picture file, but it functions as a malware..
So you need to be aware of the sites from which you download the files(pictures or any attachements)....
If the site is a trusted one, then there is no harm in downloading the content, but if its a distrustful site, then you should be more cautious in downloading the content....