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Malicious Trojan infects Windows Media Player
vnunet ^ | 11 Jan 2005 | Robert Jaques

Posted on 01/11/2005 7:32:42 AM PST by holymoly

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1.) Don't download pirated videos, warez, etc.
2.) Don't play WMV files.
3.) Problem solved. ;)
1 posted on 01/11/2005 7:32:42 AM PST by holymoly
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To: ShadowAce

Security Ping!


2 posted on 01/11/2005 7:33:19 AM PST by KoRn
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To: holymoly

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


3 posted on 01/11/2005 7:35:20 AM PST by snarks_when_bored
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`` 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.


4 posted on 01/11/2005 7:37:52 AM PST by mlbford2 ("Never wrestle with a pig; you can't win, you just get filthy, and the pig loves it...")
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To: holymoly
The most malicious Trojan of em all:


5 posted on 01/11/2005 7:39:57 AM PST by The G Man (The Red States ... the world's only hope for survival.)
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To: holymoly

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Ease your mind and scan your PC for viruses.


6 posted on 01/11/2005 7:40:18 AM PST by TheForceOfOne
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To: snarks_when_bored
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

7 posted on 01/11/2005 7:41:18 AM PST by holymoly (I'm not a Tyrant, but I play one on Free Republic.)
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To: holymoly

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


8 posted on 01/11/2005 7:43:01 AM PST by NonValueAdded ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" HRC 6/28/2004)
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To: holymoly

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.


9 posted on 01/11/2005 7:43:30 AM PST by azcap
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To: The G Man

Wow. A canadian address with no postal code.

Must be old.


10 posted on 01/11/2005 7:43:51 AM PST by texas booster (Bless the legal immigrants!)
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To: holymoly

I thought Trojans PREVENTED the spread of viruses.


11 posted on 01/11/2005 7:46:58 AM PST by sportutegrl
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To: azcap

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

madison


12 posted on 01/11/2005 7:47:12 AM PST by madison10
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To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...

"This is getting pretty old" ping


13 posted on 01/11/2005 7:48:15 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: holymoly

bttt


14 posted on 01/11/2005 7:50:12 AM PST by Born Conservative (Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself." Richard Nixon)
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To: backhoe

Windows security ping


15 posted on 01/11/2005 7:50:47 AM PST by Born Conservative (Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself." Richard Nixon)
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To: ShadowAce
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.


16 posted on 01/11/2005 7:54:27 AM PST by KoRn
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To: mlbford2

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


17 posted on 01/11/2005 7:55:19 AM PST by kaboom
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To: TheForceOfOne
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...

18 posted on 01/11/2005 8:06:15 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: snarks_when_bored

"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


19 posted on 01/11/2005 8:16:54 AM PST by RS
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To: RhoTheta

Ping!


20 posted on 01/11/2005 8:36:01 AM PST by Egon (Government is a guard-dog to be fed, not a cow to be milked.)
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