MP3 Files Aren't Safe

Mohir

5-7-2008 12:08 PM

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			vendor McAfee has reported that a large number of fake MP3 files are spread on peer-to-peer networks. The announcement came to help users realize that they can get their PCs infected by just downloading a simple MP3 file.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.softpedia.com/news/MP3-Files-Aren-039-t-Safe-84954.shtml">
After downloading the media file, which can be of either MP3 or MPG form, when users try to play it, they will be prompted to download a file dubbed "PLAY_MP3.exe". Victims should realize that the downloaded "music" or "video" file is actually fake and that no media file would be rendered. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/72ED1CF4-BFA3-45B7-90BB-3A0086F7FC1C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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virus, internet, mp3, trojan horse

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5-7-2008 12:22 PM

ericskiff

Interesting. As I understand it, this must exploit something in the player, as the mp3 itself is just a data file.

5-8-2008 10:37 AM

zizzy

keep quick time updated, that will help. i'm a mac user, but i imagine the same for windows media player. but i think people should consider the source before they download. I download mp3s all the time and have never had a problem.

5-9-2008 7:35 AM

mndst

Well, this happend to me yesterday with windows media player.

I didn't downloaded the exe file and i don't think the mp3 file is capale of doing any damage by itself.

It must have activated a method in WMP that is usually used to download codecs.

5-9-2008 8:12 AM