Thursday, 16. November 2006
Topic: COMPUTER - on November 16, 2006 at 5:01:00 PM CET
Malware goes to the movies
Online attackers have started to experiment with embedding malicious code or links to such code in different video formats.
On Tuesday, anti-virus firm McAfee warned Windows users that the company had discovered a worm, dubbed W32/Realor, actively infecting Real Media files. The infected video files do not contain an exploit for the RealOne or Real players, but a hyperlink that points to a malicious website. When infected files are opened, the victim is referred to the web ite, which attempts to compromise their computer using a previously patched flaw in Internet Explorer.
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