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Posted by Matt U.K. on February 11, 2008, 2:15 pm
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Thanks for the reply, I've found the culprit. On my way to check/clean her
computer (a Mac running leopard) now. She confessed to clicking on a link a
couple of days ago.
Matt U.K.
> Matt U.K. wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm receiving urls from some of my Contacts (3 so far) who were offline,
>> could this be due to virus activity (somewhere)? My computer is Virus
>> /Malware free and I have a firewall installed.
>>
>> I'm using AVG, Comodo and Ad-Aware 2007 software.
>>
>> This started a few of days ago.
>
> Hi, Matt - Instant Messenger infection is quite common these days and the
> current crop of malware that you get from clicking on IM links is
> extremely
> virulent, usually ending in a clean install for the victim. So you're
> quite
> wise to never click on those links.
>
> Since you're sure that your machine is clean (and you haven't clicked on
> any
> links recently), someone you know is probably infected. The contacts you
> mention should do some scanning.
>
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
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