Can mp3 files contain a virus?

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What I would like to know can mp3 files contain a virus of any kind?
I used to download on winmx about a year or so ago and some got 4,000
worms on my computer somehow. I always thought it would have to be in
a .zip file or an .exe file. but I never downloaded any of those files.
after mcafee found the files and cleaned them all out of my computer in
the folder where the worms were located there was a notpad file that said
"the first winmx speading worms.
 
Yes they can. If your media player is not patchs fully with all the latest
updates, virus writters can hide virus' inside the file, when you play it,
it will infect your system.
 
ok...if it is possible....and i guess it is.....
after you download file ....and before copy to cd....
select file...right click -> scan with anti-virus....
done.....safe.......
 
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