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Pornographic picture on a computer an accident?

Started by Songbird1979! , Mar 20 2018 11:49 AM

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Songbird1979!
Posted 20 March 2018 - 11:49 AM

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A friends husband had a jpeg of a naked woman on his desktop that she found and he said he didnt know how it got there and didnt download it. Is that possible?
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Posted 20 March 2018 - 01:07 PM

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Unlikely but entirely possible, yes.


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Posted 20 March 2018 - 11:54 PM

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How could that happen? I thought downloads required an action on the part of the user.
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Posted 21 March 2018 - 08:48 AM

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Most everything sent to the computer is temporarily stored in cache files. Advertising, Malware, RAT (Remote Access Trojan), unknown/unauthorized computer access are a few that immediately come to mind.


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Posted 30 March 2018 - 10:21 AM

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I agree it could be a virus.


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