Trojan found in p2p networks
May. 7th, 2008 09:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So there's a Trojan that's
shown up on p2p networks posing as mp3s and mpeg movies which, when run
(played) downloads a PLAY_MP3.exe file that serves ads to the infected
comoputer. Now, if that's ALL it does then it's a pretty tame trojan, but
being on p2p this thing's probably really getting around. On the one
hand, it was only a matter of time before p2p networks got infected with
this sort of thing, and in a way I'm honestly surprised they weren't
infested with viruses years ago. On the other hand, a dark, cynical corner
of my soul wouldn't be surprised to find the RIAA behind this...
shown up on p2p networks posing as mp3s and mpeg movies which, when run
(played) downloads a PLAY_MP3.exe file that serves ads to the infected
comoputer. Now, if that's ALL it does then it's a pretty tame trojan, but
being on p2p this thing's probably really getting around. On the one
hand, it was only a matter of time before p2p networks got infected with
this sort of thing, and in a way I'm honestly surprised they weren't
infested with viruses years ago. On the other hand, a dark, cynical corner
of my soul wouldn't be surprised to find the RIAA behind this...