Music filesharing can get you spyware?

[murasame]

http://www.deletespyware.net/music-downloads.htm
So, according to these people, music files that one gets from P2P can get you anything from virii to Trojans to spyware.
Last I heard though, music files cannot be infected, right?
Well, yes and no: the actual music file cannot be infected, it seems that .mp3 extensions can contain macro code that WMP and Realplayer will interpret and run. Too bad.
So, what are some other file extensions to watch out for? Here's your answer.

And this is another informative article about spyware.
So, get yourself a good anti-spyware (it is also anti-adware) program, get an Antivirus application and run regular scans on your PC. If the antivirus supports it, have it scan all files that enter your computer. And last but not least, watch out for these extensions: be careful what you dld.

[Lord of the Rings]

And Mac users can sit back & be smug.

The same is true for jpg in the respect of hidden extensions (vbs) http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...bs.sst@mm.html & http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load...402723716.html

[Morgwen]

Originally posted by murasame
Last I heard though, music files cannot be infected, right?
Well, yes and no: the actual music file cannot be infected, it seems that .mp3 extensions can contain macro code that WMP and Realplayer will interpret and run.

MP3s can´t be infected.

MP3 Program. While actual music files cannot be infected, files with .mp3 extensions can contain macro code that the Windows or RealNetwork media players will interpret and run. So, .mp3 files have expanded beyond pure music.

It seems that they find a security whole in the bullshit player Real player and the Mickysoft player, use an other player and you are save. the reason for this is that the developers want that their applications are better than all other and can do more things, I hope they will rework it. The best is use A PURE MP3 player.

Morgwen