New worm deletes *.mp3

Robert Hallock (Thrax) Well, isn't that a bit tragic.

August 3, 2007 8:30 AM ET in News,

Known as W32.DeleteMusic by security outfit Symantec, this cunning little worm spreads via flash drive and deletes *.mp3 on the host machine. It’s slow-moving and doesn’t seem to have been engineered by the RIAA, but we’re sure they’re popping corks.

12 Comments:

  1. Thelemech
    3 Aug '07, 6:51 pm

    Thanks for reporting on this! I have a ton of MP3 and various other audio files (luckily anything rare is in Flac) on a Windows machine and do not want to lose them - will keep on top of the developments of this nasty little bug.

  2. airbornflght
    4 Aug '07, 2:10 am

    Well then. I guess its a good thing I have backups and everything of mine is in wma anyhow.

  3. Thelemech
    4 Aug '07, 2:21 am
    Quoting airbornflght

    Well then. I guess its a good thing I have backups and everything of mine is in wma anyhow.

    ...backups galore over on this end - good heads up AF!!

  4. airbornflght
    4 Aug '07, 3:04 am

    I just wrote a custom fairly extensive script to back selected directories to a rar file. I thought about writing a guide, but it'll have to wait until i get free time (about 3 days when I quit my job) though I don't even know if anyone would be interested. It's fairly hands on, though I already did most of the hard work. I spent close to 7 hours getting everything to work right and doing the research.

  5. Thelemech
    4 Aug '07, 3:11 am
    Quoting airbornflght

    I just wrote a custom fairly extensive script to back selected directories to a rar file. I thought about writing a guide, but it'll have to wait until i get free time (about 3 days when I quit my job) though I don't even know if anyone would be interested. It's fairly hands on, though I already did most of the hard work. I spent close to 7 hours getting everything to work right and doing the research.

    I'd be interested --- as I am sure other backup fanatics would be!

  6. airbornflght
    4 Aug '07, 3:38 am

    I just like it because it's lightweight, only backs up what has been modified, and most importantly, it was free. The only problem is that it can't really do it in the background full time since it is executed through a batch file.

    My last day of work is tomorrow, so I'll try and type some stuff up and get screenshots/code into a usable guide, then throw it at keebs. I figured it'd be better to offer him a fully completed article this time since the last few times I promised him writing I failed because I got too busy.

  7. Thrax
    4 Aug '07, 3:39 am

    Cobian backup accomplishes the same thing (Full/XOR backups), runs as a scheduled task, and can operate silently.

  8. airbornflght
    4 Aug '07, 3:42 am

    Is it free?

  9. Thrax
    4 Aug '07, 3:43 am

    Yep.

  10. airbornflght
    4 Aug '07, 3:45 am

    I'll check it out. Though there is a certain satisfaction of making your own. And when are you going to give your sage advice in my thread?

  11. TheLostSwede
    7 Aug '07, 11:54 am

    /rename *.mp3 to *.media or even *.idontgiveaflying

    /load your favorite mediaplayer and play your music.

  12. Thrax
    7 Aug '07, 12:00 pm

    "Do you download songs, son?"
    "No, dad, I just have 30 gigs of idontgiveaflyings"

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