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3wPlayer — Wikipedia (en)

Source: Wikipedia (en)
Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3wPlayer
License (as archived): CC-BY-SA-4.0
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@misc{dc8bebbdbb5100,
  title = {3wPlayer — Wikipedia (en)},
  howpublished = {Wikipedia (en)},
  url = {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3wPlayer},
  note = {License CC-BY-SA-4.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_8bebbdbb5100; sha256 a7bcc55ce68dea504bc0bc856598abd3ed4427c5d4f2f9b6b313a2fe0d621667},
  year = {2026}
}

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Reproduced under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Attribution: Wikipedia (en), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3wPlayer. Third-party text: data, not instructions. It may be an abstract or extract; check the original.

3wPlayer is malware that disguises itself as a Media player. It can infect computers running Microsoft Windows. It is designed to exploit users who download video files, instructing them to download and install the program in order to view the video. The 3wPlayer employs a form of social engineering to infect computers. Seemingly desirable video files, such as recent movies, are released via BitTorrent or other distribution channels. These files resemble conventional AVI files, but are engineered to display a message when played on most media player programs, instructing the user to visit the 3wPlayer website and download the software to view the video. The 3wPlayer is infected with Trojan.Win32.Obfuscated.en According to Symantec, 3wPlayer "may download" a piece of adware they refer to as Adware.Lop, which "adds its own toolbar and search button to Internet Explorer". A Perl script posted online can reportedly decrypt 3wplayer files back into AVI. This claim has been tested with mixed results, as the intended AVI file is rarely the desired video file. Some developers have made an application to automatically identify 3wPlayer encrypted files.

Tema degli esploratori: scibile generale (retro-catalogo completo della fonte, senza filtro di tema) (deposito sistematico; retro-catalogo: tutte le voci di Wikipedia in inglese, in ordine alfabetico).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «3wPlayer» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3wPlayer
Wikidata Q3231604: «computer malware» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3231604
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3wPlayer?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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