
If a user plays the file, Windows Media Player will see that it has to licence attached and will look out on the Internet for one.However, rather than download a licence, the search is redirected to sites that subsequently download a host of seven adware components, a couple of diallers, three spyware programs and another downloader virus.
PandLabs says it has seen most of these copies out on peer-to-peer networks, but warns that there is nothing preventing them turning up in email attachments or burned to a CD.
Ironically, those at risk are Windows XP users with Service Pack 2 installed and the latest version of WIndows Media Player - version 10.
However, most antivirus companies began offering protection against these viruses around 5 January, so users with up to date protection should be safe.
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