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Virus From DVD's?

Started by thecropchick , Jun 28 2009 09:27 PM

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Posted 28 June 2009 - 09:27 PM

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:) I was considering renting DVD's and playing them on my laptop while on vacation. Can you get viruses from DVD's? :)
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Posted 28 June 2009 - 10:14 PM

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Rented DVDs? Even tabloids don't have anything on this possibility. No.
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Posted 28 June 2009 - 10:21 PM

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So viruses CAN NOT attach themselves to DVD? :) :)
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Posted 28 June 2009 - 10:23 PM

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No, because those DVDs are read-only. Nothing can be written into them.
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Posted 29 June 2009 - 08:51 PM

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:) thx
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Posted 29 June 2009 - 09:02 PM

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You're welcome :)
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