1 in 4 PCs Infected with Fake MP3 Trojan Malware
This week, security software company McAfee reported in a blog that presence of a new trojan malware named Downloader-UA.h. As reported on May 6, in a 24-hour period, this trogan has been detected by McAfee VirusScan Online on more than 119,000 computers out of almost 436,000 scanned, an infection rate greated than 25%. Typical malware that McAfee tracks has an infection rate in the 1% to 5% range.
The malicious files tend to be MP3 audio files or MPEG video files and are typically found on P2P sites like LimeWire and eDonkey. As noted in the blog, "When a user attempts to load one of these MP3 and MPG files, they don’t get the music/video they were hoping for; instead they’re directed to download a file named PLAY_MP3.exe. In fact, the MP3/MPG file they downloaded was completely fake, playing no media clip what so ever."
BigDrum recommends that you keep your virus software definition files up-to-date. In addition, ensure that your corporate Internet usage policy addresses P2P file-sharing.
The malicious files tend to be MP3 audio files or MPEG video files and are typically found on P2P sites like LimeWire and eDonkey. As noted in the blog, "When a user attempts to load one of these MP3 and MPG files, they don’t get the music/video they were hoping for; instead they’re directed to download a file named PLAY_MP3.exe. In fact, the MP3/MPG file they downloaded was completely fake, playing no media clip what so ever."
BigDrum recommends that you keep your virus software definition files up-to-date. In addition, ensure that your corporate Internet usage policy addresses P2P file-sharing.
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