Fake Media Files Spread Malware
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When a user attempts to play one of these files, directed to download a file named PLAY_MP3.exe. All this will do, if the user accepts the EULA, is serve up ads on the infected PC.
The EULA is displayed above, and personally you'd have to be pretty dumb to agree and install it. The "Play Free MP3s" title might prove attractive to some, but come on. Why would anyone install this dross.
At any rate, the trojan itself is pretty popular, with McAfee saying it's been detected 360,000 times since it was added to their virus database.
Source: By Tech Ex
Posted May 7th, 2008 by admin_huliq
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