Malicious Trojan infects Windows Media Player

vnunet ^ | 11 Jan 2005 | Robert Jaques

[holymoly]

1.) Don't download pirated videos, warez, etc.
2.) Don't play WMV files.
3.) Problem solved. ;)

[KoRn]

Security Ping!

[snarks_when_bored]

Run ZoneAlarm and force it to always alert you when a program seeks to connect to the net.

[mlbford2]

`` 2.) Don't play WMV files.``

Most of my porn is WMV. What do I do? I knew this was going to be a bad day.

[The G Man]

The most malicious Trojan of em all:

[TheForceOfOne]

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Ease your mind and scan your PC for viruses.

[holymoly]

Run ZoneAlarm and force it to always alert you when a program seeks to connect to the net.

Excellent recommendation. And, with the explosion of spyware, trojans & diallers, even people on dial-up should use a firewall.

For those not currently running a firewall:
Zone Labs Free Downloads
(At the very bottom is the free version of ZoneAlarm.)

Some may also find this useful:
PCWorld: How to Install a Firewall

[NonValueAdded]

A better solution is to turn off the "acquire licences automatically" option (under the Privacy tab in Tools -> Options).

[azcap]

WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER
TOOLS>OPTIONS>PRIVACY
Uncheck ACQUIRES LICENSES AUTOMATICALLY
You are now immune to that attack. While you are at uncheck all of the boxes on the privacy tab and you will be better off.

[texas booster]

Wow. A canadian address with no postal code.

Must be old.

[sportutegrl]

I thought Trojans PREVENTED the spread of viruses.

[madison10]

Azcap, thanks for the tech tip. I just followed your instructions.

madison

[ShadowAce]

"This is getting pretty old" ping

[Born Conservative]

bttt

[Born Conservative]

Windows security ping

[KoRn]

I never use Windows Media Player, partly because of issues like this. I just hate it when they have to embed their bundled programs so deep into the OS. When something goes wrong, or there is a security hole, it hoses up the entire system.

[kaboom]

You owe me one keyboard. There's coffee everywhere!

[Izzy Dunne]

Yeah, I'm really going to trust something that tells me I need to download an EXE file to plug in to my NETSCAPE Browser, just so I can execute their virus-scanner.

Seeing how I'm running a Safari browser on Mac OS X, their code is just a bit shaky...

[RS]

"Run ZoneAlarm and force it to always alert you when a program seeks to connect to the net."

Worth repeating, it's FREE. works great...

www.zonelabs.com

[Egon]

Ping!