Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ Mctrax International) Bassist, mega-hit songwriter and Mctrax International founder Andy Fraser was instrumental in locating a deadly virus with ties to the infamous hacking group known simply as "Anonymous." The virus was located by Fraser as he found a link to where a photo should have been, which was traced to the source. The virus, which was showing file permissions giving the hacker knowledge of what files are there and permissions set, while at the same time showing a "Run" command. It was a potentially frightening situation as the hacker could then run anything on that server. The threat was immediately removed and the server remains safe with no interruption to its service. Fraser was able to locate the place, date, and time of how and where the virus originated. "Andy is not your ordinary computer user," states Fraser's publicist Curtis Smith of Maelstrom Public Relations. "He has the knowledge and the ability to locate back-end material and track information that most computer users are not aware of. Because of this he was able to pinpoint the hackers username and password identities." Recently an NPR story was released reporting on the possibility that the Anonymous group, whose mission is to disrupt entertainment companies making a profit from the Internet, was responsible for the hacking of PlayStation 3, gaining access to millions of personal credit card data. The group has denied having anything to do with the hacking. "This is an issue that needs to be investigated," Fraser states.
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