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Thursday, December 22, 2005

IM Trojan on the Loose

Various reports, including this one: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6002790.html, have a new Instant Messaging trojan being sent to AOL, MSN and Yahoo users. The link, to some lame Santa whats-it, also installs a Rootkit on users Windows PC. The links arrive from people on users "buddy lists" so folks are not as suspicious as they might otherwise be. Remember to never click, download, accept attachments, etc. unless you have been informed before the fact that they are on the way.

Posted by Matthew Carrick at 8:36.18 AM EST | Permanent Link
| Categories: Instant Messaging, Security Alerts, Virus-Trojan-Worm Alerts