MP3 virus?

[ronnie gauthier]

Possible is its XP's player or winamp
http://mp3newswire.net/stories/2002/MP3virus.html

On Tue, 04 Mar 2003 20:08:37 -0500 - Joel Hammer <Joel at HammersHome.com> wrote
the following
Re: MP3 virus?

>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?
>
>BTW, knoppix gets even  more points from me. It plays ogg files without
>a murmur.
>
>Joel
>
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