San Francisco Man Stops Using his Smart Phone

From San Francisco's SF Sketchfest Comedy Festival

<http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/forum/2012/01/2012-01-27b-forum.mp3>
at 7 minutes 20 seconds.

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do not download/view, this appears to be a VIRUS


mikeyshd



"SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
From San Francisco's SF Sketchfest Comedy Festival

<http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/forum/2012/01/2012-01-27b-forum.mp3>
at 7 minutes 20 seconds.

Geez are you clueless. This is the KQED website. You can go here to
listen online without any download:
<http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201201271000>. Is there something wrong
with your capslock key?

On 1/31/2012 3:27 PM, mikeyhsd wrote:
> do not download/view, this appears to be a VIRUS
>
> mikeyshd

On 2/1/2012 5:08 AM, mikeyhsd wrote:
> do not post items that have the extension of EXE.
> you for sure are clueless.

Read for comprehension. No one posted anything with a .exe extension.

The link had a .mp3 extension. MP3 files are audio files that you play
with an audio player such as Windows Media Player, QuickTime, or Winamp.
They will not harm a computer. You can learn about what an mp3 file is
here: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3>.

A 'virus' can only be attached to a .exe, .rar, or .zip file (or other
archive formats that can contain .exe files.

Consider downloading an anti-virus and anti-malware program such as
Microsoft Security Essentials if you are having problems with viruses,
but understand that playing an mp3 file is not going to harm your
system, whether you play it directly from a website or whether you
download it to your system.

<http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/security-essentials>.

Also you should understand that trusted web sites will rarely be
promulgating viruses, and one of the largest public radio & TV stations
in the country is highly unlikely to be distributing viruses.

What on earth made you believe that a harmless mp3 file was some sort of
virus?

On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:41:27 -0600, "mikeyhsd" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>looking at the attachment it did indeed have an EXE extension.
>
>case closed.

Case opened.

Here's the link that started all of this:
<http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/forum/2012/01/2012-01-27b-forum.mp3>

Note that there is an mp3 extension, not an exe extension. The mp3
extension indicates a well known audio format, not any kind of
executable file. It's completely unknown where you got the idea that
there was an exe extension involved.

Case closed again.

--
Paul Miner

On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:58:16 -0600, Paul Miner wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:41:27 -0600, "mikeyhsd" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>looking at the attachment it did indeed have an EXE extension.
>>
>>case closed.
>
> Case opened.
>
> Here's the link that started all of this:
> <http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/forum/2012/01/2012-01-27b-forum.mp3>
>
> Note that there is an mp3 extension, not an exe extension. The mp3
> extension indicates a well known audio format, not any kind of
> executable file. It's completely unknown where you got the idea that
> there was an exe extension involved.
>
> Case closed again.

Paul, I think mikeyhsd had a little trouble with a defective RoT-13 routine
mis-decoding .mp3 into .exe :-) . Could happen to anyone, ya know?

Cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.

On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 23:18:34 -0500, tlvp <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:58:16 -0600, Paul Miner wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:41:27 -0600, "mikeyhsd" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>looking at the attachment it did indeed have an EXE extension.
>>>
>>>case closed.
>>
>> Case opened.
>>
>> Here's the link that started all of this:
>> <http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/forum/2012/01/2012-01-27b-forum.mp3>
>>
>> Note that there is an mp3 extension, not an exe extension. The mp3
>> extension indicates a well known audio format, not any kind of
>> executable file. It's completely unknown where you got the idea that
>> there was an exe extension involved.
>>
>> Case closed again.
>
>Paul, I think mikeyhsd had a little trouble with a defective RoT-13 routine
>mis-decoding .mp3 into .exe :-) . Could happen to anyone, ya know?

That's as good an explanation as any. ;-)

--
Paul Miner

On 2/1/2012 4:58 PM, Paul Miner wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:41:27 -0600, "mikeyhsd"<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> looking at the attachment it did indeed have an EXE extension.
>>
>> case closed.
>
> Case opened.
>
> Here's the link that started all of this:
> <http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/forum/2012/01/2012-01-27b-forum.mp3>
>
> Note that there is an mp3 extension, not an exe extension. The mp3
> extension indicates a well known audio format, not any kind of
> executable file. It's completely unknown where you got the idea that
> there was an exe extension involved.
>
> Case closed again.

Thanks, but explaining it to him is apparently hopeless. He wants to
think that a .mp3 file is a .exe file and the facts have no bearing on
his beliefs.

What likely happened is that he read somewhere that you should never
open unknown files because they could be executable files that contain
viruses, and he extrapolated this advice into the notion that every
unknown file must be a .exe file regardless of the extension. Now he
needs to spread this "knowledge" around.

Better advice would be to not download files from unknown sources. If
you're downloading freeware, start at <http://download.cnet.com> where
you at least have some assurance that the downloads are legitimate software.

In this case, a .mp3 file from one of the largest radio stations in the
country was obviously safe.

On 2/1/2012 8:18 PM, tlvp wrote:

> Paul, I think mikeyhsd had a little trouble with a defective RoT-13 routine
> mis-decoding .mp3 into .exe :-) . Could happen to anyone, ya know?

Must be defective because a proper ROT13 decode would yield zc3. He
should take his computer to an expert and have the ROT13 decoding
checked out. Some machines do ROT13 decode in hardware because they
don't want to burden the CPU with such a compute intensive process, but
most do it in software now. I think that there may be a sleeper cell
that's infecting computers with faulty ROT13 decoding routines.

On 2/1/2012 10:28 PM, Paul Miner wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 23:18:34 -0500, tlvp<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:58:16 -0600, Paul Miner wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:41:27 -0600, "mikeyhsd"<[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> looking at the attachment it did indeed have an EXE extension.
>>>>
>>>> case closed.
>>>
>>> Case opened.
>>>
>>> Here's the link that started all of this:
>>> <http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/forum/2012/01/2012-01-27b-forum.mp3>
>>>
>>> Note that there is an mp3 extension, not an exe extension. The mp3
>>> extension indicates a well known audio format, not any kind of
>>> executable file. It's completely unknown where you got the idea that
>>> there was an exe extension involved.
>>>
>>> Case closed again.
>>
>> Paul, I think mikeyhsd had a little trouble with a defective RoT-13 routine
>> mis-decoding .mp3 into .exe :-) . Could happen to anyone, ya know?
>
> That's as good an explanation as any. ;-)

He should just admit his mistake and move on. No one would think any
worse of him if he just admitted the error versus digging himself in
deeper. Maybe he's just our long lost troll JN.

On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:20:09 -0600, "mikeyhsd" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>there is NO mistake.
>
>all the mp3's on my computer register as MP3 except for the EXE file you tried to foster on the public.

Since you seem to be the only person who is being redirected to
another resource, an EXE file in your case, you might want to check
for browser hijacks or other exploits on your system. For the rest of
us, it was a simple mp3 audio file.

--
Paul Miner

On 2/2/2012 3:37 PM, Paul Miner wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:20:09 -0600, "mikeyhsd"<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> there is NO mistake.
>>
>> all the mp3's on my computer register as MP3 except for the EXE file you tried to foster on the public.
>
> Since you seem to be the only person who is being redirected to
> another resource, an EXE file in your case, you might want to check
> for browser hijacks or other exploits on your system. For the rest of
> us, it was a simple mp3 audio file.

He could definitely have some malware or a browser exploit on his system
if an mp3 file shows up as a .exe file, presuming he's telling the truth
rather than simply trolling.

Unfortunately the malware on his system may not let him install and run
anti-malware software like MalwareBytes or Microsoft Security
Essentials. I've seen systems where the only way to get around that was
to take the disk drive out of the system and plug it in as an external
drive to another system that already had the anti-malware software
installed, and then scan the external drive and remove the malware.

If it's a browser exploit he could try a different browser to see if it
still shows up as a .exe.

Whatever the cause, he should get his system looked at by a professional
who can figure out the cause of the problem.

On 2/2/2012 3:37 PM, Paul Miner wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:20:09 -0600, "mikeyhsd"<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> there is NO mistake.
>>
>> all the mp3's on my computer register as MP3 except for the EXE file you tried to foster on the public.
>
> Since you seem to be the only person who is being redirected to
> another resource, an EXE file in your case, you might want to check
> for browser hijacks or other exploits on your system. For the rest of
> us, it was a simple mp3 audio file.

While it doesn't apply in this case, there is (or was) a way that older
versions of Quicktime could execute malicious mp3 files. It could be
caused by .qtl files (which Quicktime still executed as qtl files even
if named with a .mp3 extension.

All of the anti-virus software now checks for these files sorts of mp3
files, and Quicktime appears to have been updated to recognize these
sorts of files.

For this case, it's the opposite problem, his system has malware or a
browser exploit that is re-directing his browser to some other place
that wants to launch an executable file when he clicks on a legitimate
mp3 link. This is very dangerous, and it he's serious about clicking on
the .mp3 file and ending up with some executable file he should
definitely have his system looked at by someone that is an expert in
malware removal.

On 2/1/2012 8:18 PM, tlvp wrote:

> Paul, I think mikeyhsd had a little trouble with a defective RoT-13 routine
> mis-decoding .mp3 into .exe :-) . Could happen to anyone, ya know?

I mentioned ROT13 encoding at an Android developer workshop I was giving
today. Only 2 out of 7 people knew what it was.

On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:13:57 -0800, SMS <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On 2/1/2012 8:18 PM, tlvp wrote:
>
>> Paul, I think mikeyhsd had a little trouble with a defective RoT-13 routine
>> mis-decoding .mp3 into .exe :-) . Could happen to anyone, ya know?
>
>I mentioned ROT13 encoding at an Android developer workshop I was giving
>today. Only 2 out of 7 people knew what it was.

Really blow their minds and tell them everything will be double ROT-13
encoded.

--
Paul Miner