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New Worm Strikes MSN Messenger

PCWorld.com - New Worm Strikes MSN Messenger.

Buyer beware…hehehe…
Well, at least Messenger is free.

A new worm targeting users of Microsoft’s MSN Messenger software has squirmed through the instant messaging application.

The Jitux.A worm comes in the form of an instant message inviting users to click on a URL. By clicking on the URL, users download the jituxramon.exe file, which then becomes resident in their computer’s memory and sends new messages containing the link every five minutes to all contacts stored in MSN Messenger.
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Jitux.A isn’t the first worm to wiggle into popular instant messaging networks, particularly MSN Messenger. More than 60 IM vulnerabilities have been published, according to security researchers from Symantec. They range from security holes that could be used to crash IM clients in denial of service attacks to those that allow attackers to install and run malicious code remotely on computers running the vulnerable IM clients.

In short, don’t click on strange links and update your virus definition files.

Posted by akvalley at January 5, 2004 11:18 AM | TrackBack