Japanese P2P Trojan taunts users as it deletes all their PC's files

[Jared Moya]

Japanese P2P Trojan taunts users as it deletes all their PC's files

Instead of the proverbial "gotcha letter" via your ISP, a mysterious copyright holder has created a trojan that overwrites their program files with popular comic book character images warning them not to use P2P.

An odd tale of "cat and mouse" is being reported from Japanese users of the Winny P2P file-sharing network, in that a particularly lethal form of malware is being distributed that overwrites their program files with a popular comic book star who scolds them for illegally downloading files.

I'll admit it may be effective with young kids, it might've even scared me straight I think but, in reality it will most certainly only backfire as parents have to soon start consoling their children over how their favorite comic book character is dancing on their PC screen, deleting all of their kids files,and threatening to "kill them" or "turn them in to the police." I wonder how you say lawsuit in Japanese.

Threatening to kill P2P users is taking the war against illegal file-sharing to a hole new level. Have Japanese copyright-holders in fact gone "nuclear" in their fight?


http://digg.com/tech_news/Japanese_P...eir_PC_s_files

[DigitalJunkie]

They've gone insane! Instead of fixing their business model for long term solutions for survival. They're pissing on customers. Congratulations!

I hope, more artists will become independent contractors. :)

[mountain_rage]

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