Nero On Kazaa? Hmm... I Spy A Virus.

[Switeck]

Originally posted by fredricodagreat@10 January 2004 - 23:46
Btw, what are the chances of me finding a virus in a .wmv file? Or any other video file in general for that matter.

~Speedy

TECHNICALLY, a virus file could be renamed anything.

However a virus (exe, com, bat, pif, scr...) that's been renamed to .wmv is basically harmless because MOST video players don't run executeable code from would-be video files.

One notable exception is Windows Media Player... a .vbs virus renamed as a MP3 file CAN be activated by Windows Media Player. But such files are generally VERY small unless they have overwritten larger existing video files.

If you manage to get a VIRUS from a video file, you've almost managed the impossible at this point -- and antivirus companies might pay you a little money for your 'find'.

On the OTHER hand, WMV and ASF trojan files are very possible -- these can also be renamed as MPG, AVI, and potentially almost any other video (or even audio) file extension and still run. Typically, all these do is open a website... BUT the website may contain further exploits -- ranging from as simple as a web cookie that documents that you (ie:your ip and time) played that file, to a web script that gathers personal info stored in predictable windows registry keys, to a IE exploit which installs a REAL trojan or virus which can do further damage...

[fredricodagreat]

So I can probably safely say that when I throw a firewall and an Antivirus program into the mix, the possibilities are pretty close to none.
Ok thanks,

~Speedy

[lee551]

i just downloaded nero 6 w/ keygen from kazaa lite yesterday and it works fine, no virus

[Switeck]

Originally posted by fredricodagreat@11 January 2004 - 01:17
So I can probably safely say that when I throw a firewall and an Antivirus program into the mix, the possibilities are pretty close to none.
Ok thanks,

~Speedy

Yes, if you DON'T give your media player program internet access all should be fine.

[internet.news]

When downloading tools from Kazaa Lite K++ Users:

1. Look on the Filesize - if it is aroung 100KB or really small, that might be
a virus, dialer or etc.

2. Only download from K-Lite if you can't find in the internet.