MP3 virus?

[Federico Voges]

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On Tue, 04 Mar 2003 17:38:56 -0800, Net Llama! wrote:

>On 03/04/03 17:08, Joel Hammer wrote:
>> I don't see why malicious data couldn't be hidden in an mp3 file. If a
>> malicious package can compromise sendmail, why not an mp3 player?
>> 
>> I ask because one of my wife's friends had a virus take over their
>> computer.  They had to call in professionals to clean it up. They were
>> told the only thing they could point to as a source of the virus was an
>> "mp3" file.
>> 
>> This seems unlikely, since what kind of virus is going to crash your
>> computer before it has time to spread? Any ideas?
>
>not really.  were these "experts" MCSE's?
>
 Or maybe it was one of those "double extension" virii (ie.
someinterestingname.mp3.exe). If you have the "Hide known file type
extension" on, all you'll see is someinterestingname.mp3 
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