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- kafraco, on 10/10/2007, -2/+132I have always wondered why so many people equate mp3 with piracy. I also wonder if this is SUPPOSED to look like the work of some bored teenagers and not the work of a company that thinks that it is defending media.
- WarPirate, on 10/10/2007, -6/+109This was written and released by the RIAA
- misconfig, on 10/10/2007, -2/+95Could be a work of the RIAA, this is why you always store your digital media on a SAMBA or NFS share. The AVERAGE computer has 800 mp3's, over the years I have over 100gb, that's 20k plus!
W32.Deletemusic affects computers running Windows 2000/95/98/Me/NT/Server 2003/Vista/XP. - PlayWithFire, on 10/10/2007, -2/+80ok, how do i prevent it?
- tsteele93, on 10/10/2007, -0/+71Will I be able to sue the writers of the virus for $750 (US) per song if the catch them? ;-)
- tuxidomasx, on 10/10/2007, -3/+70i would be more upset that ANY trojan got on my computer. eating my MP3's is relatively minor compared to turning my box into a zombie or key logging me
or deleting my porn. holy shyt if it deleted my porn, oh it'd be on like donkey kong. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+66*gasp!* I own an average PC! :O
- nhtahoe, on 10/10/2007, -5/+65"Simultaneously low-threat and highly annoying..." What!? I certainly don't think its "low-threat!"
- chingy1788, on 10/10/2007, -4/+51do what almost every windows related company tells you
- get anti virus
- avoid suspicious sites - ChromaVita, on 10/10/2007, -3/+40I unplugged my Zune.....
HAHAHA JK! No one owns those... - djphatjive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+37I wonder who made this virus. RIAA
- yomamaisfat, on 10/10/2007, -4/+38This is worse than an STD.
- airwalkery2k, on 10/10/2007, -2/+35The idea of a worm like that just sent shivers down my spine. ...And made me back up my music.
- Nateon, on 10/10/2007, -4/+35"...spreading itself onto all attached drives of a given PC, including flash drives and removable media." After reading that did anybody unplug their Ipod from their computers?
- Treshnell, on 10/10/2007, -2/+30It's on the internet. It must be true.
- aikahanyou, on 10/10/2007, -2/+30So THAT'S the virus that infected my computer!
Somehow a trojan got onto my harddrive a couple of months ago and wiped out half my music folder (just files starting with 'A' to 'J' for some reason). I spent hours redownloading them all. ): - chingy1788, on 10/10/2007, -2/+29this guy isnt serious is he?
delete in this case means delete delete
not move to recycle bin - kypen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+26Wow, I was unaware that Darwinism applied itself to the virtual world as well.
- B1shop, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28make music read only?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+27Norton is pathetic. After about two months of running Firefox, it decided to alert me that FF was trying to contact a DNS server. Thanks, Norton!
- Nateon, on 10/10/2007, -4/+28because they're douchebags.
- mrminty, on 10/10/2007, -2/+25Is it me, or are the recording companies just getting lazier?
- smokestack, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22it's about the same proof that antivirus companies write most viruses...
it comes from nowhere in particular, it's origin is unprovable, yet it makes so damn much sense it almost has to be... - cloudyprison, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19"it hunts down MP3 files on unsuspecting music collectors' computers and nukes them from orbit"
The RIAA's take on it? "It's the only way to be sure." - pyrohotdog, on 10/10/2007, -16/+35Linux user, I'm not worried.
- ChromaVita, on 10/10/2007, -4/+22You mean uploading right? Uploading from the CD that you purchased...
- ElwoodHerring, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20I do a bulk rename of all .mp3 files to .xyz (where xyz are my real initials), then configure Winamp to play them by adding a new file asociation. (I write my own music, and I don't want some virus deleteing everything I've written over 30 years, thank you!) I have written my own quick rename program using Microsoft Access which can rename every file in seconds. If I need to convert back to .mp3 temporarily, it's a simple job.
Any virus or RIAA trojan scanning my system won't find a single mp3 file. - venom8599, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18Only if you're an idiot who can't configure permissions.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -4/+21linux isn't perfect but what is?I'm glad i don't worry about this ***** anymore.
- mercurysquad, on 10/10/2007, -4/+20ubuntu does not work on the Apple II
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Hells yeah... An STD may lead to horrible burning agony, but at least you had fun getting it.
- meepus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17If you transcode a file from one lossy format to another lossy format, you erode its quality. For those of us that are concerned with sound quality, this is not an adequate solution. What I'd like to know is how this virus is spread and how to prevent it.
- ChromaVita, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16But mostly it's because it's MS proprietary...
- psykiv, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17This is a perfect example of why you should not post on digg while drunk/high. WHAT THE *****?
- pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15because they were hired to.
- sotopheavy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16As bad as this is... It's probably way better than the "W32.convertall.mp3.to.goatse" virus
- venom8599, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14mp3 != piracy
- Spuy767, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17Dugg down for simultaneously trying to flex your e-Muscle, and gloat about your operating system.
- mercurysquad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13The read only attribute is a software flag, that's all. A virus is able to clear the read-only flag and then delete it, as long as it is running as a process which has permission to change the files. So yeah, setting proper permissions is the best way, and then NOT using your computer as the administrator -- which almost every XP user does.
- VeganG, on 10/10/2007, -4/+17"you'll certainly lose those long hours spent on ripping"
Who said I was the one who ripped them? ;) - chedabob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Ever heard of using a backup? God help you if you have a hard drive crash.
- BackDoorAngel, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14NO NO NO people, this is not a virus! simply a management program that runs in the background, and ensures that EVIL-CYBER-HACKER-MUSIC-PIRATES don't try to ILLEGALLY listen to OUR music.
no need to worry, the RIAA is watching you........... - crawfishsoul, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14I'm no hacker but I assume it wouldn't take much to release W32.Deletemusic.v2 with a few added file extensions and all that time you spent re-encoding your MP3 collection is wasted.
- Nedlinin, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15Its low threat for not obtaining personal information..
- MadN, on 10/10/2007, -4/+16I love Linux more everyday
- OBKenobi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12My PC has an Asus Smorgasboard.
- bIuebonics, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12i'd say .mp3 is used as much if not more than .ogg and definitely more than .flac ... sure, the codec needs to be licensed, but everyone's already pirated that too.
- Beylan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11NOD32
By far the best AV I've used - EXreaction, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Avast Anti-Virus.
It has a real time scanner, so yes, it may give you a warning about opening a file, but only if it contains a virus (and it will automatically check the website you are browsing for viruses as well and intercept them). - EXreaction, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Ya, don't get those DVD-R's, those are the devil.
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