New Worm Spreads Via MSN Messenger

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday January 1, 2004 @09:29PM from the new-year-new-problems dept.

vxone writes "Anti-virus experts are watching a new worm that spreads through Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Messenger client. The worm is not harmful to infected machines and has infected only a few PCs at this point, according to an analysis by Trend Micro Inc. Known as Jitux, the worm is self-propagating and contains a link to a Web site that automatically downloads an executable file named 'jituxramon.exe' to the PC. Once the file runs, the worm begins sending out copies of itself to all of the names in the user's Messenger contact list."

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+1 insightfull by AndreyF · 2004-01-02 04:04 · Score: 0, Offtopic

it definately would be, pretty insightfull if you ask me :)
Re:solution by Zork+the+Almighty · 2004-01-02 07:29 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I'm a meta-mod!

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