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New virus masquerades as MSN Messenger download

New virus masquerades as MSN Messenger download
Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:56:50 +000
Here's another bit of unhappy news about a destructive IM virus. This new virus
comes as a file called BETA8WEBINSTALL.EXE that can be downloaded from a Web
site. But instead of downloading the Messenger beta, the program sends links to
all your IM buddies and connects your system to a botnet server that makes your
system vulnerable to control from outside. Scary stuff. Here's a link to the
article on CNET.
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