[linux] Best linux tools for removal of windows exploit files on pic CDRs ??

[D Josiah Boothby]

db wrote:
> Well back to square one.
> I did I test on a jpg file and converted it to a .png file so as to 
> rewrap it,  (lose any potential jpg exploit while retaining pic 
> quality...) and the file was exactly almost  10 times the size as the 
> jpg.  

The conversion from .jpg to .png is nice in concept, but since you're 
dealing with more than one compression system, you'll have to sacrifice 
either quality or storage size. Have you tried converting to an 
uncompressed format (such as .tiff), then converting back to .jpg? I 
don't believe that your pictures are going to end up looking as nice as 
they did before since no matter what you do, you're going to compress 
them at least one more time. Minimizing the number of times you have to 
compress the photos will probably serve you best.

Josiah