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Tag: mp3

  • The sound of spam

    Firm reports 15 million MP3 spams in October. Last month saw pump-and-dump spammers try out yet another file type for getting their message across to the gullible: MP3 audio files. As the success of pump-and-dump scams relies on victims investing in shares, getting the name of a particular company lodged in recipients’ minds is the…

  • 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,…