MP3 Trojan

I am sure you enjoy music. Everyone enjoys music, but if you're only buying DCs and DVDs or buy music from iTunes and other similar online stores, you don't risk anything, because today I have to tell you about a new Trojan horse that uses MP3 files to move from one computer to another. Yes, it's "that kind" of MP3 files that RIAA is after, if you were wondering!


This is not just "another Trojan," because McAfee has just raised the Trojan alert for the first time since 2005, bringing the current global alert level to "elevated." After all, McAfee tools have stopped 500,000 infections, and the real number is surely different, and we're not talking about a smaller number...

According to McAfee, the Downloader-UA.h trojan can be found in hundreds of media files uploaded to file swapping services during the last weekend, and the McAfee Avert Labs already made some of the names public:

PLAY_MP3.exe
preview-t-3545425-adult.mpg
preview-t-3545425-changing times earth wind .mp3
preview-t-3545425-girls aloud st trinnians.mp3
preview-t-3545425-jij bent zo jeroen van den.mp3
t-3545425-lion king portugues.mpg
t-3545425-los padres de ella.mpg

Since my goal is not to stop you from using P2P networks and other "gray" sources of music, I guess I don't have to say anything else, just be sure to avoid these files. Safety should always come in first place, remember!