Thu, Nov 16 2006 17:01 Don

W32/Realor.worm - Infecting Movies for Fun and Profit

On Tuesday, McAfee Avert Labs discovered W32/Realor.worm in the wild that was actively modifying all Real Media (*.rmvb) files in its path. These “infected” media files launch a malicious webpage without prompting, as they are being viewed by the user in Real media player. These files can be music or videos hosted on a network drive containing corporate presentations, a personal media server, or a P2P shared folder et cetera. When was the last time you hesitated in opening a movie file ?

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