Largest trojan attack in 3 yrs driven by fake MP3s on P2P ne in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20458537 en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:23:17 EDT Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:23:17 EDT Largest trojan attack in 3 yrs driven by fake MP3s on P2P ne http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20458537 TK Junk Mail : »news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7389529.stm
Almost 500,000 people have been caught out by a booby-trapped media file, says security firm McAfee. McAfee said the fake media file outbreak was the largest it had seen for about three years.

Those running the fake file get bombarded with pop-up ads and risk compromising the safety of their PC.

The fake file or trojan has been widely distributed on the eDonkey and Limewire file-sharing networks.

The titles make the file appear to be music tracks, pornography and full versions of popular movies.

Anyone downloading the trojan and trying to run it is asked to install a codec that will play the supposed media.

Instead of playing the media, running the file installs a bundle of adware that plagues a user with pop-ups.
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Here are some of the titles that download the trojan:
FAKE FILE TITLES
girls aloud st trinnians.mp3
changing times earth wind .mp3
heartbroken fast t2 ft jodie.mp3
meet bambi in kings harem.mp3
paralyized by you.mp3
pull over levert.mp3

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