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MP3 Trojan!!??
Authored by: Chevron on May 13, '04 06:55:50AM

Hi I think reading 85 comments which cover roughly the same ground:

This is an executable script, with a microsoft icon etc, dont be fooled and you'll be fine, apple should change this, apple can't be expected to change that...blah...blah... I get the idea.

I am much more worried about the idea of an MP3 file doing something similar via an ID3, especially if it can spread through other Mp3 files. Can someone please shed some light on this much more important topic (in my opinion)...

Thanks



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MP3 Trojan!!??
Authored by: abriening on May 13, '04 01:37:14PM

absolutely right.

I don't get it. An applescript is what a few kb at best, and a demo of Office would be a few bizillion bytes, right? If you see Office demo and it's only a few kb don't download it, don't open it.

The idea of the script being buried in an mp3 or inside a seemingly useful application is definately more concerning.



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MP3 Trojan!!??
Authored by: cynikal on May 13, '04 07:18:45PM

The information you're wondering about is covered here..

http://www.intego.com/news/pr41.html

including exactly what makes the mp3 trojan work..

oh and for the millionth time, it was claimed to be a web installer which would trick someone into running it despite its small size.. gosh i wish people would look around before asking the same question a million times..



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