Virus-infected Windows Media files?
By Jason Meserve, NetworkWorld.com, 01/10/05
Panda Software is reporting two new Trojan Horse applications that take advantage of peer-to-peer systems and Windows Media DRM technology to spread to unsuspecting users:
The video files infected by these Trojans have a .wmv extension and are protected by licenses, supposedly issued by the companies overpeer (for Trj/WmvDownloader.A), or protectedmedia (for Trj/WmvDownloader.B). If the user runs a video file that is infected by one of these Trojans, they pretend to download the corresponding license from certain web pages. However, what they actually do is redirect the user to other Internet addresses from which they download a large number adware (programs that display advertisements on screen), spyware, dialers (applications that dial-up high rate toll numbers) and other viruses.
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