MP3s Destroyer!

W32.Deletemusic is a worm that copies itself to all drives on the compromised computer. It also deletes all .mp3 files from the compromised computer. Should any external hardware be connected through a USB stick, the worm could delete those file too.

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Discovered: July 30, 2007

Also Known As: W32/Deletemp3.worm [McAfee], W32/DelMP3-A [Sophos]

[Source: http://www.symantec.com]

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Squirming in Skype

TrendLabs, Trend Micro's global research and support center has received samples of a new worm propagating via Skype. Detected as WORM_SKIPI.A.

Aliases: Worm.Win32.Skipi.b (Kaspersky), W32/Pykse.worm.b (McAfee), W32.Pykspa.D (Symantec), Worm/Skipi.B (Avira), W32/Pykse-C (Sophos), Worm:Win32/Pykspa.A (Microsoft)

This worm may also downloaded unknowingly by a user when visiting malicious Web sites.

It drops copies of itself in the Windows system folder. It also creates registry entries to enable its automatic execution at every system startup. It creates certain registry keys and an entry as part of its installation routine.

It also propagates via physical and removable drives by dropping copies of itself in the said drives. It drops an AUTORUN.INF file to ensure the automatic execution of its dropped copies.

This worm also modifies the system's HOSTS file to prevent users from accessing certain Web sites.

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[Via Trend Micro]

This worm sends messages via the instant messaging application Skype that contain links pointing to a remote copy of itself.

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