VIRUS WARNING

[Anime Master ZERO]

[LanEvoXRacer]

[ZXVanX]

[XHunter]

How the virus works is the user is sent a link where the user will download a file (Sometimes automatically depending on how your MSN/AIM is setup) after the file has been downloaded. It will attack the MSN/AIM program and obtain login information, of course most people have their MSN/AIM set to remember their username and password so it makes it easy for the malicious software to do its job.

All it simply does is spam all the users on your buddy list with a generic message that allows other users to fall pray to its malicious ways.

Fortunate enough for me, I don't use the MSN or AIM client, so I'm free of all those malicious programs built to attack either client.

MSN, AIM, ICQ, etc viruses have been going around for years, so this is nothing new to me. They all pretty much do that same thing. Turning your IM client into a zombie spreading its' malicious code around the net.

The only thing you can do besides having a good Anti-virus program, is to not clicks links until you're sure that they are safe.

[KingForte]

Oh... that explains the dumb messages you were sending me.. I was about to curse you out and block you AMZ >> Luckily my sidekick wouldnt let me view those links. Thank god because I would have clicked it =u=

[Gemini]

[Taiyoh]

[AGF-Antoine]

[xmagic]

[grandbahamut]

oh...kay

well, it is a good thing that even if I had clicked the link, McAfee would have shot it down...

I also got a very similar link to TinyPic that was fishy also

[matt13346]

Are Trillian users affected by this?

[XHunter]

Technically this isn't classified as a Virus. It would be considered as a Trojan. lol, the way people are talking about this "Trojan" in this topic reminds me of Weird Al's Virus Alert song. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-GaRKDsz-Y )
Learn more about Viruses, Trojans, and Worms

[ChaosEdge]

Ahhh viruses/worms/trojans...I know you all to well...
I some how always catch one with every computer I've ever had. -_-

[AGF-Antoine]

Yea, I know it was a Trojan.

But for the ease of talking I called it a Virus. It was a program infecting my MSN and using it to spread it, which is like a Trojan Horse, so figuring it was a Trojan wasn't hard.


AGF-Antoine

[Anime Master ZERO]

Fortunately I go to a tech school. If the recomended methods didn't work, I can always take in to tech support to have them look at it free of charge.