Trojan Infected MP3s
TechnoBlog May 29th, 2008
While the adware in this most recent report is primarily a nuisance, the delivery mechanism could transport something much nastier.
Some restrict your use of standard tools like task manager in Windows to see what’s running, or command line tools, and you get lots of other advert packages.
“Keep antivirus software up-to-date and scan your machine, repair your machine if anything is found, and keep Windows up-to-date,” Schmugar advised.
“Desktop firewall products are still good. Schmugar also recommended that consumers shouldn’t download files from any untrusted source — a mantra that’s been shouted for years in the industry, it seems. For some reason, he observed, people seem to be more comfortable downloading media files than other files or executables from untrusted sources.
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