11
Aug
2007
MP3 Worm Virus - Deletes Your MP3's
News of the virus W32.Deletemusic has been doing the rounds recently and has gotten conspiracy theorists all excited.
It’s a virus that searches your hard drive and any other attached devices for MP3 files and immediately deletes them.
The first instance of the virus was spotted only a couple of weeks ago with an anonymous infectee declaring “Oh god, it’s taken me 30 days, 24/7, to download all those albums” – poor bloke.
Symantec says the threat level is low and removal easy so I can't see it being too much of a problem, interesting concept though.
So, was the virus created by the RIAA in response to declining music sales or by a spotty 15 year old who just hates the world? I guess we’ll never know.
News of the virus W32.Deletemusic has been doing the rounds recently and has gotten conspiracy theorists all excited.
It’s a virus that searches your hard drive and any other attached devices for MP3 files and immediately deletes them.
The first instance of the virus was spotted only a couple of weeks ago with an anonymous infectee declaring “Oh god, it’s taken me 30 days, 24/7, to download all those albums” – poor bloke.
Symantec says the threat level is low and removal easy so I can't see it being too much of a problem, interesting concept though.
So, was the virus created by the RIAA in response to declining music sales or by a spotty 15 year old who just hates the world? I guess we’ll never know.
