Pictures doesnt contains executable code like programs or shell scripts.
If you embedd an exe in a jpg and keep the jpg extension your exe wont run.
If you give your picture the exe extension it still wont run the embedded exe.
Well, if i want, i can "launch" a "jpg file" as a process, but .. only if "jpg" refers to the actual extension (.jpg) and not "the file content" which still need to be a real program
. Its basically an exe renamed to jpg. And "launching" is not the default behavior for jpg files , you'll need some tricks.
All picture software will read the picture data and ignore the rest. Even your OS.
Infection using non-executable files are possible but its VERY sophiscated and you should never be infected by this sort of stuff.
Most of the time it involves bad PDF (and Acrobat Reader security issues), or bad SWF (and Flash Player security issues)
Now, OP: Run malwarebyte, Setup a firewall, change all your passwords AFTER your pc is clean.
If you embedd an exe in a jpg and keep the jpg extension your exe wont run.
If you give your picture the exe extension it still wont run the embedded exe.
Well, if i want, i can "launch" a "jpg file" as a process, but .. only if "jpg" refers to the actual extension (.jpg) and not "the file content" which still need to be a real program
. Its basically an exe renamed to jpg. And "launching" is not the default behavior for jpg files , you'll need some tricks.All picture software will read the picture data and ignore the rest. Even your OS.
Infection using non-executable files are possible but its VERY sophiscated and you should never be infected by this sort of stuff.
Most of the time it involves bad PDF (and Acrobat Reader security issues), or bad SWF (and Flash Player security issues)
Now, OP: Run malwarebyte, Setup a firewall, change all your passwords AFTER your pc is clean.

