Trojan Alert

lil eva · Trojan Alert

Half a million infected computers since the beginning of May has prompted McAfee to declare the latest Trojan threat the most significant malware threat in three years.

A malicious MPEG or MP3 file which has been propagated through popular file-sharing sites has inflicted major damage.

"This is one of the most prevalent pieces of malware in the last three years," said Craig Schmugar, threat researcher at McAfee Avert Labs. "We have never before had a threat this significant that arrives as a media file."

The Trojan has been denoted as a ‘medium’ threat that doesn’t sound like cause for concern but it is the first malware to be given this high a threat level since 2005.

Cyber-criminals have used different file sizes, different languages and different formats to fool people into running the software, and any attempt to play the file will result in ads being served to the infected computer.

McAfee Labs say that the following filenames have been used: "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" and "t-3545425-los padres de ella.mpg"

jeffaz1

its a load of crap trying to make money .avg free reg cure if worst comes to worst put all ya files on a disk format com . or go to run type temp and delete them all easy my com open to owt been there if ya now about coms no problems

Chrissy Canadian

yeah, i agree jeff. i removed avg free from my computer and have had no problems. i just run a scan every few months, according to the tech person where i used to work, you don't need those virus protection things and i have found that to be the case.