Fake media file snares PC users

Almost 500,000 people have been caught out by a booby-trapped media file, says security firm McAfee.

The fake file poses as a music track, short video or movie and has been widely seeded on file-sharing networks to snare victims.

McAfee said the fake media file outbreak was the largest it had seen for about three years.

Those running the fake file get bombarded with pop-up ads and risk compromising the safety of their PC.

The fake file or trojan has been widely distributed on the eDonkey and Limewire file-sharing networks. The file has many names and is written in different languages to trick people into downloading it.

Here are some of the many file names that hope to get you hooked into downloading the malicious file:

• girls aloud st trinnians.mp3
• changing times earth wind .mp3
• heartbroken fast t2 ft jodie.mp3
• meet bambi in kings harem.mp3
• paralyized by you.mp3
• pull over levert.mp3

So watch out if you frequent file sharing networks!

Source: BBC Technology News

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