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AOL Instant Messenger Virus? Kim Webb 12-19-2005
Posted by Kim Webb on December 19, 2005, 4:23 pm
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These messages keep poppping up on people's IM- is it a virus? anyone
seen this?

"can i put this picture of you on myspace or facebook?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v507/myphotopics/Image.jpg"


Posted by on December 19, 2005, 4:34 pm
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It looks like it. The link points to a .pif file.


Posted by Kim Webb on December 19, 2005, 5:14 pm
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Any idea is clicking on it does any damge? It sends out the same
message to everyone in the AIM list but I'm not sure if it does any
other damage?


Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on December 19, 2005, 5:54 pm
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Kim Webb wrote:

> Any idea is clicking on it does any damge? It sends out the same
> message to everyone in the AIM list but I'm not sure if it does any
> other damage?

A .pif file (Program Information File) will execute and do stuff on your
computer. Since the mentioned file seems to be gone now, we can't say
what it would have done, but you can bet it would have been malicious.

Clicking on it would have been exactly what the perpetrator wanted you
to do.

BTW, have a read of this:
http://www.safalra.com/special/googlegroupsreply/

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Posted by Postman delivers on December 19, 2005, 6:04 pm
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Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote on 12/19/2005 :
> Kim Webb wrote:
>
>> Any idea is clicking on it does any damge? It sends out the same
>> message to everyone in the AIM list but I'm not sure if it does any
>> other damage?
>
> A .pif file (Program Information File) will execute and do stuff on your
> computer. Since the mentioned file seems to be gone now, we can't say
> what it would have done, but you can bet it would have been malicious.
>
> Clicking on it would have been exactly what the perpetrator wanted you
> to do.
>
> BTW, have a read of this:
> http://www.safalra.com/special/googlegroupsreply/

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