well i have a friend on msn, we both use live messanger, just this morning he send me a picture, just a simple jpeg picture, but i'm worried siince i rememebr his pc has alot of virus, although he only send me a jpeg, i'm still worried that the virus on his pc might have gotten into my system.



when i click on the image he sent me, my pc appears to hang for a while, then the picture opens, then i notice my pc seem to be lagging abit than usual.


i do however have norton av and fw with latest definition, and after i receive the file norton didn't give me any warning about virus, still though, i'm worried about the brief period when my pc hangs after i click on the pic, i'm so very worried.



-so do you think any virus or bugs or any kind of stuff has gotten into my pc when he send me the picture and i open it?


-also can a picture be ridden with virus?



he only send me 1 jpeg pcture, that was it, he didn't send me anything else, just a picture, i saved it to my desktop, i NEVER opened the picture though, since i don't want to risk getting infected, i click on it once but didn't open it.




thanks for helping a newbie T_T