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[medicine]

Ένας ιός που διαδίδεται μέσω δικτύων ανταλλαγής αρχείων σβήνει όλα τα τραγφούδια .mp3 από τα προσβεβλημένα συστήματα, αφού πρώτα ενημερώσει το χρήστη ότι η πειρατεία βλάπτει τη μουσική.

Η εταιρεία υπολογιστικής ασφάλειας Sophos ανακοίνωσε ότι το σκουλήκι W32/Nopir-B, πιθανώς γαλλικής προέλευσης, κυκλοφορεί σε δίκτυα peer-to-peer (ομότιμα δίκτυα, όπως το Kazaa!) μεταμφιεσμένος ως εφαρμογή για την αντιγραφή κλειδωμένων DVD.

Όταν ο χρήστης κατεβάσει και εκτελέσει το αρχείο, ο ιός διαγράφει προβάλει αρχικά στην οθόνη ένα μήνυμα κατά της πειρατείας και στη συνέχεια διαγράφει όλα τα τραγούδια που βρίσκει στο σκληρό δίσκο, καθώς και εφαρμογές και προγράμματα .COM του συστήματος.

«Το σκουλήκι Nobir.B βάζει στο στόχο άτομα τα οποία πιστεύει ότι εμπλέκονται στην πειρατεία, αλλά δεν κάνει διαχωρισμό ανάμεσα στους αληθινούς εγκληματίες και όσους έχουν αποκτήσει νόμιμα αρχεία MP3» αναφέρει η ανακοίνωση της βρετανικής εταιρείας.

Η Sophos αναφέρει ότι μέχρι στιγμής δεν έχουν καταγραφεί πολλά κρούσματα, παρόλα αυτά συστήνει στους χρήστες να κρατούν ενημερωμένο το αντι-ιικό λογισμικό τους.

news.in.gr

[bromptonista]

Πού φτάσαμε... θυμάμαι τώρα την απίστευτη περίπτωση φόνου με iPod:

http://www.liquidgeneration.com/rumormill/ipod_killing.html

iPod Used In Domestic Homicide

Friday, March 5, 2004 Posted: 4:50 PM EST (1450 GMT)

 

   

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MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (HLN) - A Memphis woman was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after she bludgeoned her boyfriend to death with an iPod.

Arleen Mathers, 23, was arrested Thursday morning after she called Memphis Police and said she had killed her boyfriend, according to a Sheriff’s Department report.

When deputies arrived at Mathers’ apartment at 528 Poplar Avenue, Mathers led them to the body of her boyfriend, Brad Pulaski, 27.

Brad Pulaski had died of blunt trauma to the head after being repeatedly bludgeoned with an iPod, a popular MP3 player produced by Apple.

Police said no motive has been confirmed, although evidence suggested the murder was the result of a domestic dispute after Pulaski erased the contents of Mathers’ iPod.

According to law officers, Mathers was hysterical when police arrived and told them that she killed her boyfriend only after he accused her of illegally downloading music and erased about 2,000 of her MP3s. Mathers complained that it took 3 months to build her music collection.

An autopsy performed Friday afternoon at Methodist Hospital showed that Brad Pulaski had been beat multiple times in the face and chest by a blunt metal object, and died of internal bleeding, said Dr. Felix Klamut, deputy coroner.

According to Apple’s website, the iPod is partially made of a hard metal plate that’s been praised for it’s resistance to regular wear and tear, like drops and coffee spills.

“It took him a while to die,” Dr. Klamut said. “She must have stabbed him 40 to 80 times with that iPod. His death was not instantaneous, that’s for sure”

Arleen Mathers was arraigned Friday night by a video hookup from the county jail. Municipal Court Judge Simon Lambert set her bond at $600,000 and scheduled a preliminary hearing for March 9.

(που βέβαια ήταν φάρσα, αλλά όσο να'ναι...)

http://macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=8138

Macworld Daily News

Thursday - March 11, 2004

iPod 'murder-horror' hoax

By Macworld staff

A diverting yet disturbing slice of iPod-related satire appeared online this morning – a seemingly hoax news report describing death by iPod.

The report is appearing on a series of blogger sites, and states the case of 'Arleen Mathers, 23', who was arrested yesterday morning after killing her boyfriend with a series of blows to the head with a blunt instrument – an iPod.

"Police said no motive has been confirmed, although evidence suggested the murder was the result of a domestic dispute after the victim erased the contents of Mathers' iPod."

The (hopefully) satirical report grows worse: "Mathers was hysterical when police arrived and told them she killed her boyfriend after he accused her of illegally downloading music and erased about 2,000 of her MP3s."

The source of the story appears to be the LiquidGeneration website. To give this report extra credibility, the site designers built it into a page that reflects the appearance of a CNN Web-site story.

[maddoctor]

Πληροφορίες σχετικά με το νέο αυτό σκουλίκι που χτυπάει mp3 και com αρχεία, μπορεί να διαβάσει κανείς εδώ: http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32nopirb.html