New worm attack MP3 Files

Now there is a type of malware (malicious software) or a new worm that can attack users who use Windows and download music files on the network peer-to-peer. Malware will enter this new link that can be dangerous to the web page in the file mediaASF (Advanced Systems Format).

Advanced Systems Format is a format that Microsoft brought to streaming audio and video content that can load the dinamin including images or links to the website source. According to David Emm, senior technology consultant for security company, Kaspersky Lab., Found that if users play music files, it will bring Internet Explorer and load a malicious Web page, which will then ask the user to download a code. This is a trick to get someone who would like to download malware indirectly.

According to security vendor Secure Computing, a user downloaded a file that is not the actual code, but the Trojan Horse, which will install a proxy program on the PC. Proxy this program will allow hackers to run the program into a PC that is already infected, to protect the actions of hackers are running events' evil 'other. Malware has a certain quality. Once installed on the PC, the malware will change himself into an audio file that berekstensi MP3 or MP2, and then they will Content to Windows Media Audio format, and include it to the ASF and adding copy-link to an malware code in particular.

According to Kaspersky Lab, in a file format. "Mp3" are not modified by malware, but users will not know about it quickly. Users may have to know the code is dangerous, but the style assault remain effective, especially when the media player does not have the update when will play music files. Trend Micro to provide the name of this malware "Troj_Medpinch.a," while the Secure Computing menamkannya "Trojan.ASF.Hijacker.gen," and Kaspersky calls this malware "Worm.Win32.GetCodec.a."

source: beritanet.com, translated
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