A set of video files available on peer-to-peer networks is piggybacking on Microsoft’s antipiracy tools to trick viewers into downloading adware and spyware, security experts have warned.
Spanish security company Panda Software warned earlier this week that several companies are apparently using Microsoft Media Player’s digital rights management (DRM) tool to fool people into downloading spyware and viruses. The existence of the files was confirmed by Harvard researcher Ben Edelman.
Microsoft responded Friday, saying that the security risk does not arise from a flaw in its rights management tool, although the issue is triggered by an apparently content-protected file. Content distributors can use Windows Media Player to pop up a Web page with information about a video or song, and in this case, that page was apparently loaded with automatic spyware download mechanisms.
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