Oompa Loompa Song on Startup: Not the Leap.A Worm
Thursday March 22, 2007
Some MySpace users are complaining of the 'oompa loompa' song incessantly playing on their Windows PCs. Some well meaning user searched for Oompa Loompa virus, came across my Leap.A virus description for a non-related MacOSX worm, and 'lept' to the wrong conclusion. A few well intentioned but mistakenly suggested links later, and I'm getting email from angry readers swearing that Leap.A is a 'Windows virus'. It's not. Really. Truly. It's not.
How to stop the oompa loompa song
I'm still digging for info on the PC singing the oompa loompa song on startup. Here's what I know so far, which isn't much but will at least tell you how to stop the racket:
- It seems to be coming from MySpace. One person reported downloading it intentionally; no one has reported it installing without consent.
- One person reports it displays the following messages: "teh 00mpa l00mpa 0wns yu0!!1" and "this is a reeeeaaallly funny video!"
- Two files are installed to the Windows system folder (by default, this folder is Windows\System32 on Windows XP/Vista). The two files are o0mpa_l00mpa.exe and o0mpa_l00mpa.wav.
- One file is installed to the user's startup folder, for example:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\o0mpa_l00mpa.exe
where username is the login name of the actual user. - To get rid of the oompa loompa song, delete the copy of o0mpa_l00mpa.exe in the startup folder, then reboot the PC. After rebooting, browse to the Windows system folder (or use the Search feature) to locate the remaining o0mpa_l00mpa.exe and o0mpa_l00mpa.wav files, and delete both.


When I try to delete the oompa loompa files per your instructions, I an error deleting file, access is denied.
help!
Boot in SafeMode.For instruction on how to do this see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315222
I’ve tried the steps to get rid of the oompa loompa song and when I try to delete it, it says access denied…
If you boot the computer in safe mode, you should have no problem deleting the file.
ITS DOESN’T LET ME DELETE IT SO WAT DO I DO
So!
How to delete the files:
quit explorer.exe and open command prompt…
naviate to the directory that has the file:
type in “del o0mpa_l00mpa.exe” then press enter.
Then “del o0mpa_l00mpa.wav” at the directory where the sound is. Press enter and restart
by typing in “shutdown -r -t 00″