faithofadragon

Thought I'd share this with you guys.

There is a really nasty worm being spread through AIM via a link. I don't want to post the link, but it contains an image (it won't load up on the webpage). It will ask you to Run or Save or the program. The worm causes your computer to crash to blue screen everytime you start it up. So make sure your virus definitions are up to date! Norton has a fix and I'm sure McAfee has it too.

There is a catch, see - this is where I didn't catch it. It's being spread through Buddy Lists. My friend clicked the link, ran it, and it sent the link to EVERYONE on his buddy list. I clicked it because it was from my friend (ugh). The worm then sent the link to 45 of my friends. I quickly realized what it was and sent warnings to all my friends about it. Thankfully no-one clicked it.

The address starts with img. So just be very careful about what you click!

homey14h

thanks bro

CyberShark

THanks for the heads up

Mad_john

good eyes faith smile.gif

OdessitPashka

thanks for the heads up man smile.gif

daafisch

a few hours too late :-/ I got this last night, noticed that it was sending it to everyone on my buddy list because all the expanded lists started to close. This is kinda ironic and I wonder if it has something to do with it but last night my router decided to give up on me. Oh well, hopefully linksys will warranty it.

raehtz10

Yeah a big thanks to my gf, I got it. Thank the lord I showed her a long time ago how to do a system restore.

Sparticus

this is why i hardly ever click links from AIM anymore. i'll hold the mouse over it (or right click to view the page) to see if its something worth opening. otherwise i don't click it

raehtz10

I never click AIM links w/o confirming who sent it. I need to teach the fiance the same thing...second time she has nailed the computer.

Dmitry

thanx!