August 4th, 2007
MP3-Eating Worm on the Loose
By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Recent data Comscore indicates the average PC has 880 MP3 files on it … that makes PCs fodder for a new worm which Symantec calls W32.Deletemusic … and it does exactly what its name implies … deleting all the MP3 files on a PC.
The worm spreads via removable flash drives, reminiscent of the way viruses spread via floppy disks decades ago. That may be an attempt by the authors of the worm to bypass e-mail filters and Web gateway filters that block malicious software, Cluley said.
Symantec, which calls the worm W32.Deletemusic, said in an advisory that the worm copies itself to all drives on a PC. It also creates an autorun file to start itself whenever a user accesses a drive. Source: InfoWorld
We Say: Although I’m sure this worm is the record industry’s dream, I’m sure it couldn’t be written by them … could it? 
Mumblix Grumph says:
Jeez…the way that first paragraph was written, I though the worm was by Symantec.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:46 am
John Corliss says:
If somebody is too stupid to have backed up their music collection to DVD, then they’re too stupid to breath. BTW, I made the same error in interpretation that the first responder made.
August 4th, 2007 at 4:51 am
John Corliss says:
If somebody is too stupid to have backed up their music collection to DVD, then they’re too stupid to breath. BTW, I made the same error in interpretation that the first responder made.
August 4th, 2007 at 4:51 am
John Corliss says:
If somebody is too stupid to have backed up their music collection to DVD, then they’re too stupid to breath. BTW, I made the same error in interpretation that the first responder made.
August 4th, 2007 at 4:51 am
John Corliss says:
People who haven’t backed up their music collection to DVD, probably have difficulty breathing because it’s too complex an operation.
BTW, I made the same error in interpretation that the first responder made.
August 4th, 2007 at 4:52 am
John Corliss says:
You need to work on your response input code.
August 4th, 2007 at 4:53 am
Robbin says:
holy multi-post batman!
August 4th, 2007 at 6:56 am
DD says:
John Corliss says:
Back up your posts.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
David Johnston says:
Backing up your posts is always a good idea. You never know what might happen!
I wonder if the RIAA wrote this worm. They certain can’t be *too* unhappy about it.
August 5th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
John Corliss is a Virus! says:
Oh no!!!!
It’s the “John Corliss Repeater Worm”!!!!!
February 24th, 2008 at 4:47 pm