[Billy[_2_]]

"Richard Crowley" wrote in message
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"Richard Crowley" wrote:

Of course, you can set all your MP3 files for Read-Only
to eliminate that potential cause.

Any application has the potential of overwriting an
existing file. Most don't do it intentionally.

1- Any program can intentionally turn off the RO bit, then write, then
turn on the bit.

Programs that intentionally do things like that are commonly called
"viruses" or other types of malware.

2- Most programs that write to existing files DO do it intentionally.

Yes, of course. Setting RO is not foolproof, but at least
a first-line protection against accidental overwriting.

Thanks anyhow.

AOL?

If you had a virus on your system you could potentially lose all the data on
your
computer - so rewriting data to specific files is a superfluous act. Besides
it's too
time consuming.

Therefore, there does not exist any legitimate software which overwrites all
your mp3's. It would be detected before it could start by antivirus
software; and besides even if they succeeded in getting by any antivirus
software,
it would be too time consuming and hence be detected before any serious
damage
could take place. Hence, the only viable way they use to stop stealing
copyrighted
material is by creating mp3 files that appear to be corrupted by a virus or
malware;
when in reality they are not, they are merely fabricated files uploaded for
example
to illegal p2p sites.