OT: New MP3 type Virus discovered
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:34 pmThanks to my friend Del for alerting us on HH about this:
I thought I would alert all of you who collect and save MP3 files on your computers that a new computer worm has been discovered that might just be the recording industry's dream application: it hunts down and deletes MP3s on infected PCs. Security companies say the worm is only low risk, although its unusual payload could give a nasty surprise to an ardent music fan.
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. Symantec Corp., 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.
Just another good reason to always make sure your anti-virus software is loaded and running and of course "UP TO DATE WITH THE CURRENT DETECTION FILES"!!!!!!