Microsoft Messenger Virus Hits Reuters IM

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday April 30, 2005 @03:33AM from the irc-cowers-in-fear dept.

steman writes "Reuters had to temporarily shut down its private instant messaging service after being targetted by the W32/Kelvir-Re trojan. Reuters Messaging is implemented with Microsoft messenger technology and has more than 60,000 users. When activated, the Kelvir trojan sends itself to all users contacts via email and IM. Francis deSouza, chief executive of computer security provider IMLogic, said 'It just generated a flood of instant messages, so it suddenly slowed down the network for legitimate traffic. This is certainly a wake-up call, IM is just like any other communication media. The media needs to go hand-in-hand with security.'"

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Re:Correction... by dioscaido · 2005-04-30 04:18 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Isn't it interesting how vulnerabilities in Firefox have spiked in the past 6 months since it's wide adoption? Could it be possible that widely used software is more likely to be targeted than those products with a small user base?