The hidden cost of file-sharing: you might get a nasty virus — and not just from the RIAA

Register story. “Using P2P networks as a vector for viral propagation has become a popular trick of late. In February, the Igloo worm (which falsely promised racy pictures of celebrity nudes) spread through KaZaA. In August 2002, the Duload worm used attempted similar propagation tactics. Before that we had the (awkwardly named) Backdoor.K0wbot.1.3.B and Benjamin worm. So Fizzer is just the latest in a long and ignoble line. However its use of random names and payload makes it more stealthy and dangerous than most of its predecessors.”