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There is a new trojan going around that deletes files that it suspects to be downloaded via P2P networks. The trojan unknowingly infects a user's computer and begins deleting files. The trojan, called Erazer-A, targets the default download directories used by numerous P2P programs.

Is the Record Industry resorting to taking desperate measure to combat filesharing? Highly unlikely.

This is probably just some moronic script kiddie who's taken it upon themselves to "save" the record industry. I don't know the full details but it seems like a pretty unsophisticated trojan.

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