Removing Windows Media Player

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Hi there

Our one client's getting pissed off that their employees tend to play infected MP3 CD's on one of their computer, causing all sorts of virus problems.

Of course we can load an antivirus, but the fact is that they are not allowed to do so.

How can one completely remove Windows Media Player and prevent it from being reinstalled again?

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Add/Remove Programs -> Add/Remove Windows Components -> ...

LOL @ infected MP3's. Some people shouldn't be allowed to use PC's.
 
But removing media player wont solve the problem. He can just instaLL some other mp3 player.

I suppose admin would need to block the mp3 extention from being played, if thats possible.

Are the infected mp3s coming from a disc he has burned, or is he d/ling them?
 
lol, sorry, its a bit funny.

1)Cant you just tell him to scan his discs before he brings them to work because they have viruses? Maybe he doesnt know what a virrus is, so perhaps he need to be told what they do etc.....

2) If he doesnt need to use his cd-rom drive, then you can block access to that so he cant open or close it.

3) Not sure about blocking media files, perhaps someone can shed some light on that.
 
Remove the CD Roms. If they need to install something from a Cd then the network admin could just put in his CD Rom and share it.
 
i'm asking purely because for the life of me I know of zero virus' that attach themselves to an mp3 file.

so, what is an infected mp3? besides the britney spears ones:-)
can you email me one?
 
I think you'll be asking for trouble if you try to completely remove Media Player - remember, Media Player is not just for playing mp3s.

I would just restrict access to the CD drive.
 
Better yet, why would the users need CD drives at all? Pull them out!

Still can't get my head around infected mp3 files...
 
Maybe the disc has some sort of virus on it in addition to the mp3 files? also never heard of a virus that infects mp3 files.
 
Yeah I realise it's probably not the mp3 files themselves but have you ever heard of a virus that can infect and boot off a cd?
 
well, if it isnt mp3 files, why you barking up the tree trying to get rid of wmp?

of course a virus can sit on a cd, of course it can sit on a bootable cd. but for sure it doesnt do nothing with mp3 files.

WMV files, however, can pull down exploit code (a vulnerability in wmp allows this when they contact the digital rights server), but mp3's dont cause problems.
 
werner said:
well, if it isnt mp3 files, why you barking up the tree trying to get rid of wmp?
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No idea, maybe to remove the incentive for using the disc? Still seems like there'd be better ways to handle it though.
 
werner said:
of course a virus can sit on a cd, of course it can sit on a bootable cd. but for sure it doesnt do nothing with mp3 files.
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Yes but how does a virus jump onto a cd that is burnt with mp3 files on it? The only reason would be a disc with not only mp3s but applications which are infected. Thus getting rid of the CD drives would be the best solution.
 
I remember some virus that left an infected file (.htt or something like that) in every folder on the pc. It could be something like that, where the folders of mp3 files burnt onto the cd have these other infected files in them?

WRT people listening to music while they work, we had a HOD that pevented anyone from getting speakers with their new pc's. Then she got a new pc and I played that sample Beethoven mp3, that comes with XP, to test the sound. Next day she had all her classical cd's in the office and was asking me to rip them for her... the double standards of the upper hierarchies :rolleyes:
 
xcleric42 said:
I remember some virus that left an infected file (.htt or something like that) in every folder on the pc. It could be something like that, where the folders of mp3 files burnt onto the cd have these other infected files in them?
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Bingo.

Right on the spot.

The nasty bugger's name is Win32/Gaelium.A and there's also VBS/Unknown *.htt files sprinkled here and there... (according to AVG Free)

So I'm cleaning up the Richards now... not a pretty job. Will recommend that they remove (or disable) the CD Rom unit.


Reminiscent of the days when you could get a virus from a stiffy/floppy disk... heh, anybody remember the Exebug nasty? :D
 
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