31 Dec 2004
RIAA/MPAA Contractor Deploys Malicious Adware Trojans

Another reason to avoid Windows Media files, and closed source DRM in general.

Overpeer, the organization responsible for seeding many peer to peer networks with damaged, corrupt and fake files has now found a way of hiding spyware and adware inside Windows Media files by using a DRM loophole and is using this technique to further pollute p2p networks.

(link) [Slashdot]

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