AIM worm chats with intended victims

Thread Rating:

0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
1
2
3
4
5

Threaded Mode | Linear Mode

AIM worm chats with intended victims

12-08-2005, 12:43 PM,

Post: #1

mandy Offline

Administrator

Posts: 9,932
Likes Given: 0
Likes Received: 6 in 5 posts
Joined: Feb 2011
Reputation: 0

AIM worm chats with intended victims

Quote:'Bad punctuation and grammar and over-use of "lol"... but kittypink5 always speaks like that!'

A new worm that targets users of AOL Instant Messenger is believed to be the first that actually chats with the intended victim to dupe the target into activating a malicious payload, IM security vendor IMlogic warned on Tuesday

...The malicious file disables security software, installs a backdoor and tweaks system files, the company said. Then it starts sending itself to contacts on the victim's buddy list.

full article: http://software.silicon.com/malware/0,38...867,00.htm

« Next Oldest | Next Newest »

Possibly Related Threads…
Thread		Author	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Worm War!! Malware vs. Malware!! Instant Messaging users caught in Crossfire!!	mandy	0	2,186	02-14-2007, 10:49 AM Last Post: mandy
	US Data Breach Victims Count Passes the 100 Million Mark	mandy	2	2,797	12-19-2006, 06:40 PM Last Post: amy
	Ransomware Trojan Threatens to Delete Files Unless Victims Pay $10.99	mandy	1	2,423	04-30-2006, 08:37 PM Last Post: jezebel
	Police Investigator Picks Up the Pieces for Nigerian Scam Victims	mandy	1	2,111	04-24-2006, 07:10 PM Last Post: regic
	MOVED: Cross-Site Scripting Worm Hits MySpace	mandy	0	1,931	02-20-2006, 08:20 AM Last Post: mandy
	Santa Claus Worm Strikes Instant Messaging Users	mandy	0	1,901	12-21-2005, 08:48 AM Last Post: mandy
	New worm spoofs Google, Yahoo and MSN sites	mandy	0	2,138	10-01-2005, 09:31 AM Last Post: mandy

Forum Jump:

Users browsing this thread: 2 Guest(s)