Help please. :)

Viruses and worms
1

I just would like to ask. Is it possible for a mp3 file to have a virus. I’m talking about the “song.mp3” not the “song.mp3 .exe”

Thanks:)

2

are you infected?

one example: Scrambler. http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/scramble.shtml

The worm has a dangerous payload - it scans hard drives for MP3 files and corrupts them.

Variant:Scrambler.A (Scooter, I-Worm_Scooter, I-Worm.Scooter, MP3 virus)

3

Thanks for the reply. I’m just converting youtube videos to mp3. I scanned with avast. No threats found. I’m planning to download from p2p because in converting youtube to mp3, the quality that I get is not that good. My co-worker has music and they are 320kbps, quality’s great. He said he downloaded it from sites that give free mp3 downloads and p2p sites.

Worms can only infect me when i ran an executable file that is infected, right?

Thanks

4

you can upload and test files fore infections at www.virustotal.com

alternatives: www.metascan-online.com / www.jotti.org

5

Thanks a lot. Have a nice day. :slight_smile: