A newly identified malicious program called the
BotVoice.A Trojan not only messes up its victims' computers, it taunts them too.
The victim must first download and install it, but once that happens the Trojan
sets to work trying to delete everything from the victim's hard drive, while at
the same time endlessly repeating an audible message, apparently designed to
taunt the victim.
"You have been infected I repeat you have been infected and
your system files have been deleted. Sorry. Have a nice day and bye bye." (
listen mp3) It
does this by using a text-reading program that is part of the Windows operating
system. Users of Windows 2003, XP, 2000, NT, ME, 98 and 95 are all at risk.
Unlike a virus, BotVoice.A does not jump from computer to computer on its own,
but spreads via p2p networks or storage devices.