P2P Spam!!!
Published by: Codrut Nistor, in News
September9th2008

...and this makes me wonder only one thing, as most of you, I am sure of that: Why??? Good question, and there's a good answer to that one, too - you get "information" about copyright infringement, and you end up with a malware installed on your machine. Wicked, don't you agree?
Here's how this whole P2P spam works - you get an email "from Media Defender," informing you about "hard evidence" that you stole content online. <-250x250 Square - right->As curiosity pushes you to view this evidence, you are getting closer and closer to installing a variation on the Mytob worm on your computer.
I know this may not sound like a brilliant advice, but here's what I tell you - trust yourself before anything else, especially if you know there can't be any evidence about copyright infringement available against you. If you need to know more about torrents, you should check our Spotlight On Torrents article, it should help clearing out some things for absolute beginners.
Why Media Defender? This may sound like something new to you - I must confess it was pretty hard for me to remember about them, but it's enough to say that Media Defender is RIAA's investigative arm, so most of those really downloading illegal content and being a bit paranoid are very likely to open this kind of "P2P spam" I mentioned above.
If all the P2P spam story can make some people go crazy, then what about the LHC experiment tomorrow? I had a good laugh today, hearing the insane news pushed forward by audience-hungry media outlets, going as far as the "end of the world" scenario! Anyway, I think you should be careful with those emails, first of all, and we'll see about the end of the world stuff in the meantime. First a beer, then the end of the world, then tomorrow's software&IT news, all right? Have a nice Big Bang Day!










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