ident Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I was always lead to beleive that a virus can not be attached to an mp3. Simply because a mp3 can only be sound and a virus is data. If the mp3 file is a virus masquerading as an mp3 file, the media player will NOT play it because it does not recognise it as a coded media file. But now some one is saying it is possible? No fate but what we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmillerusaf Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 MP3s can contain viruses. I believe they are inserted in the IDv3 tags... But they are very possible! There's always an exception to the rule. I'm that exception. Desktop ----- AMD Athlon 3700+ (2.64Ghz), 2GB DDR 400, ASUS A8N-SLI Premium, 500GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP3, Avira Antivir Personal At work ----- Intel C2D T1700 (1.6Ghz), 2GB DDR2 667, Dell OUY141, 80GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP2, Symantec 10 Laptop ----- Intel C2D P8400 (2.4 Ghz), 4GB DDR3 1066, Mainboard, 160GB HD, Dualboot: Windows 7/openSUSE 11.1, Avira Antivir Personal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ident Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 do you know of any where i can read more about this No fate but what we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 do you know of any where i can read more about this Its an old virus but some details here http://www.symantec.com/security_response/...-121815-2258-99 Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit - IE11 - Nod32 - Mbam pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted March 16, 2009 Moderators Share Posted March 16, 2009 It's another reason to keep your audio/media player up-to-date. Many will release updates from time to time to thwart off possible exploits from happening when reading the metadata in multimedia files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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