Fileshare Beware

There is a major trojan doing the rounds of fileshare sites:

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Since Friday 2 May, more than 500,000 instances of the Trojan have been detected on PCs.
The malicious MP3 music or Mpeg video files have appeared on popular file-sharing services such as Limewire and eDonkey. Firms should be concerned as employees often access such file-sharing networks on corporate machines.

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Story is here:

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articl...le-sharing.htm

and here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05..._trojan_blitz/

How "convenient" for the RIAA and MPAA? :rolleyes:

I always open downloaded files sandboxed in Sandboxie first after scanning them with AV software. I watch the Sandboxie process window to make sure no other processes are started. This way if the file is bad and possibly a new virus or malware i can see it try to install where as just a AV scan could miss it. Also if the file is malicious it will be contained in the sandbox profile which can just be deleted. Just a thought.

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Originally Posted by nihil

There is a major trojan doing the rounds of fileshare sites...

How "convenient" for the RIAA and MPAA? :rolleyes:

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My understanding is they have their own "trojan-laden" versions. Never
play anything from P2P in Windows Media Player.

Good points, here are some links:

Sandboxie:

http://www.sandboxie.com/index.php?DownloadSandboxie


Fortres Grand:

http://www.fortresgrand.com/products/free/vsb_free.htm

Both are software "sandboxes" ;)