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Jul 1 2001

Virus watchers seek to mute MP3 hoax

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A document dated June 27 and posted to several Internet newsgroups warns of an “imbedded hybrid computer code” named MusicPanel that has been secretly buried in the MP3 files of 500 popular songs distributed over the past eight months among users of popular music file-trading networks Napster and Gnutella. The warning says that this virus will strike downloaded MP3 music files on July 4. Full Story

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  1. Troyman3775 - April 9, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    i had that happend 2 me

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