Worm trashes music files
MP3s targeted for destruction.
A new worm has been spotted attempting to delete .mp3 music files from infected systems and attached devices.
Once a machine is compromised, the worm, imaginatively named 'W32.Deletemusic' (Symantec) and
'W32/DeleteMP3' (McAfee), spreads to all drives, including removable devices such as music players and
USB flash drives, and tries to destroy files in the MP3 format, commonly used to store music and podcasts.
With no clear idea of the motive of the attack emerging, a jocular writer at The Register has
suggested that the music industry,
believing itself to be under threat from widespread illegal sharing of music online, may be involved in the
attack in an attempt to shore up flagging sales.
More technical detail of the worm, described as 'very low' risk, is at Symantec
here.
01 August 2007
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