MP3 Virus

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MP3 Virus

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• Gimp2.mp3 was shown to use by David Thomas,
  during his presentation.

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• After looking at McAfee and Nortons web sites, I
  found only one reference to this kind of virus.
• http//vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k99422

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• Asf files can contain scripting.
• This allows the file to redirect the user to web
  pages thanks to Windows Media Player.

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• I found that the virus would only work with
  media player.
• Even if the extension had been changed back to
  .asf
• Real, Winamp, and Music Match would not play the
  file.

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Sources

• WhatFormat
• http//download.com.com/3000-2086-1533567.html?tag
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• McAfee
• http//vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k99422
• On-Demand Producer
• http//download.com.com/3000-2189-908343.html?tag
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• Gimp2.mp3
• http//www.cs.ucf.edu/sroffman