issue about K++

[Hcom]

Well... the thing is, what's the type of the file that's accountable of being infected by the virus(through KAZAA or K++, well.. the same..)...

can the movie files or mp3 files be infected by virus?(or trojan perhaps)



can someone hlep me... thanx

[|The|Specialist]

Well you name it, man. As long as it has, holds, or runs, commands or executable data then it could be or become a form of maleware. Also if your talking about a specific virus then which one? What does it do? Which file name and exstentions does it have or make?

[devilmech]

There are lots of file types that can be responsible for the spread of viruses through P2P networks like KaZaA. You should do a web search to find out more about them.

Some of the more common files that can be used to infect your system with malicious code are as follows:

.scr
.vbs
.jpg.exe
.jpg.vbs
.avi.exe
.avi.vbs
.mp3.exe
.mp3.vbs
-fulldownloader
3-fulldwnloader
-full-downloader
.url
.sys
.ini
.xml
.vbs
.js
.bat
.eml
.dbx

This is in addition to the obvious .exe

[Hcom]

mm i am thinking or decompose and add script it or join it with a script
so you mean that .mp3 or.avi .mpg files have the potentiality of been infected by virus... or revise to become a virus?

[devilmech]

Originally posted here by Hcom
mm i am thinking or decompose and add script it or join it with a script
so you mean that .mp3 or.avi .mpg files have the potentiality of been infected by virus... or revise to become a virus?

Any file with executable code can be potentially exploited to become malicious. Many types of files such as Java files and the like, the programs that execute such files have built in protection against malicious code, but unfortunately, there are always ways around these precautions