But that very hobby could bite an avid MP3 collector in the butt if a new worm makes its way into their computers. A newly-uncovered worm called W32.Deletemusic does exactly what its name implies?it goes through a PC and deletes all MP3 files in sight. And that's it. Simultaneously low-threat and highly annoying, the worm makes its way from computer to computer by spreading itself onto all attached drives of a given PC, including flash drives and removable media. If that media is then removed and inserted into another computer, it continues its music-eating rampage on the new host.
This isn't the first time such a worm has gone after MP3 files. Nopir-B made its rounds some two years ago and posed as DVD copying software, according to security firm Sophos. When users tried to run it, Nopir-B scolded them for participating in piracy and proceeded to delete all MP3s from their computers. Similarly, last year's Erazer trojan deleted not only MP3 files, but AVIs, MPEGs, WMVs, and ZIP files as well in a "crusade" against piracy.
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If it spreads wide it could cut the mp3 piracy quite a bit.
I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't funded by the RIAA.
Is it smart enough to delete true .MP3 file formats or does it just look for anything with tags .mp3 ...?
If it's not then I would prefer playing with it by creating text files with .mp3/.ogg/.avi etc tags