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[dark1]

i have just saw a few day's ago that there was a jpg worm going around , are there any worm's or trojens that could infect mp3's

[KaKoKoOl]

Dark1

If u r using peer to peer networking based software which use to exchange ur files (MP3 or any other type) then u must be very carefull before downloading them cause ppl are spreading viruses via these software .

When u search for mp3 u will find files written with them extension .mp3 then u just click on it and download it , the point i want to make her is u may not have noticed onething before running the file ( play) look at its extension it may be like this

2 times annel.exe.mp3
u c there is somethig sucpicious, well this is a virus u click on it and nothing will happen infornt of u but its a stealth and polymorphic virus and after few times it will start infecting ur system.

So next time if u download a file carefully check its extension or better scan it first before playing it.

[Terr]

Originally posted by dark1
i have just saw a few day's ago that there was a jpg worm going around , are there any worm's or trojens that could infect mp3's

Well, ACTUALLY, the worm does not infect the .jpg file. In reality, the worm is a wormname.jpg.exe file. Windows/DOS only works on the last extension, so for Win/Dos, it is an .exe file! The NAME just *looks* like it is a .jpg file. So yes, you could have wormname.mp3.exe.

Open Windows Explorer, go to View->Options and make sure that "Hide file extensions for file types that are registered" is OFF, so that you can more easily see that the file is not what it appears to be. Because if that option is ON, then

worm.mp3.exe
realfile.mp3

Look like:

worm.mp3
realfile

When you view them in windows explorer, which is what most worms count on, because they are trying to confuse you.

[knightmb]

Originally posted by Terr


Well, ACTUALLY, the worm does not infect the .jpg file. In reality, the worm is a wormname.jpg.exe file. Windows/DOS only works on the last extension, so for Win/Dos, it is an .exe file! The NAME just *looks* like it is a .jpg file. So yes, you could have wormname.mp3.exe.

Open Windows Explorer, go to View->Options and make sure that "Hide file extensions for file types that are registered" is OFF, so that you can more easily see that the file is not what it appears to be. Because if that option is ON, then

worm.mp3.exe
realfile.mp3

Look like:

worm.mp3
realfile

When you view them in windows explorer, which is what most worms count on, because they are trying to confuse you.

Never did understand why hide file extensions is left on by default What was microsoft thinking as they went to sleep on their big pile of money

[dark1]

thank u terr and knight it's convience over security

[UrlFlynn]

That's one nice thing about a *nix box. What you see is what you get -- no hidden extensions. Then again, a Windoze viruses don't do much under Linux. =]

-Url