Is it possible for a virus be embedded in a Flash video?

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My employer has just decided to prohibit the downloading of YouTube videos, citing a concern about exposing the computer to viruses.  I know that potentially, a web page could execute a malicious script on one's PC, but can the Flash video itself contain a script that could be unknowingly executed?  If so, doesn't the same risk exist whether the video is viewed on the YouTube page or if it is downloaded to the local disk?

I'm trying to reverse this policy at my employer, so if you have an article that you can cite somewhere, I'd appreciate it.

doublewidemama · Accepted Answer

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070518095326AAGTtbd&show=7
Polly_Peptide 3 yrs ago said no.

More to come.

Anonymous · Answer

I recommend you a free tool that can help you download youtube video easily. and it can convert the donwloaded video to many portable player or mobile phone. such as, iPod, iPhone, Nokia, BlackBerry and son so.

this free tool called "Next Video Converter"; Beside downloading YouTube video, Next Video converter can also help you convert video and Rip DVD to most popular video formats including DVIX, Xv iD, MOVE, RM, RM VB, MPEG, VB, DVD, MV, and AVI to MPEG-4 movie format for iPod, PSP, PS3, iPhone, XBox360, Zune, Apple TV, Archos, iRiver PMP, Epson Player, Creative Zen, Rubi Blue, Sony Walkman, Commodore PMX, Palm TX, Game Boy, SmartDisk, Windows Mobile Smart phone, Nokia, BlackBerry, Ketti, LG, Sony-Ericssonon, Samsung mobile phone, etc.

Johnny · Answer

a virus can be in anything that's written in code bad code was the first virus then people learned that bad code(viruses) could be used for gain ie symantec

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Is it possible for a virus be embedded in a Flash video?

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