Dangerous virus infected audio files

Jul 21, 2008
"The laboratory of Kaspersky" has announced that it is found program that infects audio files in a format WMA. The purpose of infection is loading Trojan horse that allows to establish control over a user's computer. The warm, received the name Worm.Win32.GetCodec.a, convert mp3 files in a format WMA (as reserves extension mp3) and they added a marker that contains a reference to the infected web page. Activation becomes automatically during CHS file and lead to the inclusion of Internet Explorer, which loads the infected site and to download the missing codec. The file has a digital signature of the company Inter Technologies. If the user agrees to install its computer the Trojan program Trojan-Proxy.Win32.Agent.arp, with its help the hacker can obtain control over the attacked computer. For the first time be used for pure audio files with worm infestation and the possibility of a successful attack as "laboratory of Kasperski" is very high.