Can a virus/malware be embedded in an audio file?

lockharte · Post by **lockharte** » Mon May 14, 2007 3:27 am

My google searching says no, but what do people here think. I have a suspicious file that can't be opened by any of the music players or audio editors on my computer.

megamanzer0 · Post by **megamanzer0** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:20 am

maybe it's corrupt?

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:45 am

give us moar infos.

until then, I concur with MM0

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:52 am

It could, but more likely than not, the app is usually supposed to properly handle opening the file...

If you think there's a virus, go fucking scan it first.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:59 am

or at least mention the extension of the file in question.

AntoineWG · Post by **AntoineWG** » Mon May 14, 2007 7:30 am

Or just delete it.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Mon May 14, 2007 8:41 am

Get newer codecs?

KKND · Post by **KKND** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:10 am

would G-spot work on it? or is that only for videos?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:42 am

work on what? without even the file extension no one will know >.> maybe its a word document (*.doc) file he was trying to play?

kick · Post by **kick** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:52 pm

The first thing to do is post the file to an online scan site (I highly recommend 'VirusTotal'),then open the file with Notepad and/or a Hex editor and try to analyze it.Finally,get a good A/V player that's capable of opening incomplete files and play it.
Good luck.

PHoNyMiKe · Post by **PHoNyMiKe** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:04 am

dude, there's no need to awaken the dead, especially when THE ANSWER IS STILL NO.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:31 am

um, the answer is yes -.- its just we dont have a file type to work with.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:23 am

franpa, please get a clue. The extension has nothing to do with a file having a virus.

On the other hand, it helps a lot to know if the file is using the right extension when being played in a media player.. but it is up to the media player to handle the data properly (and perhaps inform the user that the extension does not match the content). At worse, it isn't an audio file to begin with.