Virus that Delete MP3 Files
Filed in: Security — April 23rd, 2005
A hacker has created a virus that targets music lovers by deleting MP3 files on infected computers, according to antivirus company Sophos.
The worm, dubbed Nopir.B, spreads over peer-to-peer networks and appears to have originated in France, security researchers at Sophos said Friday.
Nopir.B is designed to look like a DVD-cracking program, to fool people looking for a program that will circumvent copy-restriction technology on the discs. When the worm is downloaded and run, it attempts to delete all MP3 music files and wipe some programs from the infected PC, the company said in its advisory.
Sophos said it believes the author of the virus may be looking to stamp out music piracy.
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April 23rd, 2005 at 10:58 am
who knows record companies are behind this? >:]
April 23rd, 2005 at 11:53 am
mus be done by the record companies lar; to reduce piracy and mp3s
typical.
April 24th, 2005 at 4:11 am
I am glad all my files are in OggVorbid format…
April 24th, 2005 at 4:28 am
Ish… Be careful, if it can delete mp3, its variants can delete Ogg too!
April 24th, 2005 at 9:50 pm
is that truth? what the fak such lamer nothing better to do ar?
April 29th, 2005 at 7:35 pm
Catch this ************* french ***** i lost all my mp3s due to own dumbness.
Y programming a virus that deletes? it’s absolutely senseless.
Kill that bastard
April 25th, 2008 at 1:42 am
i think it not only deletes .mp3s but also the video files like mov and .avi,
cause ive lost everything, all the video adn ausio files, and without a clue!
i dont ahve a @#%@^#ken clue what happened with ma system,
that guy should be hanged!!!
May 19th, 2008 at 12:04 am
who the hell made this virus.it deleted all my vide files.just kill him
May 30th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Salman i m also with u just kill that person can some body tell me which antivirus need to kill this virus please tell noman7889 at gmail dot com
July 10th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Bitdefender free online scan can kill this virus and Handy Recovery can recover all of the deleted files (.mp3, .avi) without any problem.
July 11th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
the virus that deletes these kind of files has done this to me and my friend also. it works in a process as tel.exe. i killed that process and viral deletion of my media files stoppped. there was mcafee (and nod32 v3 on other machine) running at that time but it did not catch anything. i want to know the real name and real cure for this virus.