Can viruses infect media files?

Viruses and worms
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Hello,

I was wondering if viruses could infect files like .mp3, .wav, .avi, etc. I don’t think they can, but I’m not sure.

Thanks for any response,
Brad

2

It is possible to exploit the media player at hand to execute malicious code.

So yes, it is possible for media files to be infected.

3

Yes as !Donovan it is entirely possible and where this is possible those files are scanned.

4
I was wondering if viruses could infect files like .mp3, .wav, .avi, etc. I don't think they can, but I'm not sure.
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/823 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3078509/#.T9jaYGthiSM http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-37.html http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/security/12960/360000-users-infected-by-trojan-adware-mp3/ http://www.mcafee.com/threat-intelligence/malware/default.aspx?id=144503 http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/new-worm-transcodes-mp3s-try-infect-pcs-252 http://www.darkreading.com/security/news/211201147

virustotal
https://www.virustotal.com/file/3626dff0de27c98582d761da9899f69bbd728cb9a2a397513fc8355dda0328bb/analysis/

5

Yuck, hackers will stop at nothing, will they?

Thanks guys for the help.