Avi,MP,JPG - Safe to run?

[CustomHVAC]

I have MP3's, JPG's & AVI's (to name a few) that are from QUESTIONABLE sources. If I have the internet blocked (never look for codecs online & never update) on the players (K-lite media player, windows picture & fax viewer, gimp) - Are they then safe to run?

I had been running each one sandboxed, but that tends to slow things down a bit.

I tried to search Wilders first, but it's kinda tough when you can't search MP3, AVI, JPG - The words are all too small, sorry


Thanks CustomHVAC

[ambient_88]

Well, I don't think an audio/video container can contain an actual malware (executable). Most of the time, they direct you to a website to download a codec before you can play the file (which in 99.9% of the cases, are fake). Usually, when you can play the file from start to finish, nothing is wrong with it.

If my memory serves me right, there was a malicious JPG file before that circulated around the internet. I believe it contained an exploit that attacks a specific vulnerability in Windows.