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March 18th, 2002, 05:11 PM
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Security expert warns of MP3 danger
What's the next move for the viiri writer? Seems like nothing will be holy in the future
Security expert warns of MP3 danger
New technology such as MP3s may soon be used as vectors for viruses, a security specialist visiting Australia has warned.
“We've recently been looking at how things embedded into MP3 files might become a problem,” Vincent Gullotto, vice president of AVERT -- the developer of McAffee anti-virus systems -- told ZDNet Australia. “There will soon be MP3s that will play the video clip at the same time as the music, and if you can embed movie files to MP3s you can embed Java and other languages that may contain malicious programming.”
The full article can be found here.
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