New Virus On Limewire

hunter1980 · #18 (**permalink**) June 28th, 2008

I've reinstalled limewire. This time when I downloaded an mp3 KIS reported this virus:

The name of this virus is: Trojan-Downloader.WMA.Wimad.n

KIS does not disinfect the files, it simply delete the mp3 files. According to the various webpages, this trojan contains spywares.

I tried afterwards, to download 20 different music files from limewire and this time, the infecttion rate is set to 100 %.

The actual difference between gnutella and torrent, is that Gnutella can not remove the infected files, while torrent is easy by the admin to simply remove torrent that contains infected mp3 files.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BCOOL

howz It hunter1980,

Since I don't know what virus you downloaded (xxxxxxxxx) I can't help you there ya.

As for your statement... "What's going on with these mp3 virus? Isn't it possible for you limewire company to remove those infected virus by a special filter?"...Limewire is simply one of numerous p2p 'clients' that work within the Gnutella Network...The Trojans and what not come from files that people have in there share folders.I don't know if you saw it but there is a post on this thread from ursula The Cleaning Lady about this matter.

A filter sounds good to me.In the last few months there has been a major increase in infected MP3s.You should always scan anything you download from the Gnutella Network no matter what p2p software you use.To my knowledge none of them offer Spyware/virus filters.

Aloha,BCOOL

I've reinstalled limewire. This time when I downloaded an mp3 KIS reported this virus:
The name of this virus is: Trojan-Downloader.WMA.Wimad.n

KIS does not disinfect the files, it simply delete the mp3 files.
According to the various webpages, this trojan contains spywares.

I tried afterwards, to download 20 different music files from limewire and this time,
the infecttion rate is set to 100 %.

The actual difference between gnutella and torrent, is that Gnutella can not remove the infected files,
while torrent it is easier by the admin to remove torrent that contains the infected mp3 files.
ps: everytime, I put a link of the screenshots taken, then my poster disappears.