The Old New Thing

What’s the story of the onestop.mid file in the Media directory?

February 12, 2013 Feb 12, 2013 02/12/13

Raymond Chen

If you look in your folder, you'll find a MIDI file called . What's the story behind this odd little MIDI file? Aaron Margosis considers this file a security risk because "if an attacker can cause that file to be played, it will cause lasting mental pain and anguish to everybody within earshot." Despite Wikipedia's claims[citation needed...