Worm With Rootkit Package Loose On AIM

Posted by Zonk on Sunday October 30, 2005 @02:29PM from the aol-and-a-rootkit-ouch dept.

Mr0624 writes "According to a recent article on C|Net a new worm is swiftly spreading via AIM to many computers. It delivers a brutal root-kit which bypasses security software and takes control of a PC." From the article: "The worm was spotted in an AOL IM chatroom and infected one of the PCs that FaceTime uses for worm bait. The company said it also has seen the pest hit other computers. 'It is still out there, and it is definitely something the user should be leery of ... The rootkit is designed to not be detected, and that is the scary part.'"

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Re:Idiots by The+Cisco+Kid · 2005-10-30 16:21 · Score: 0, Troll

If you are still dumb enough to use MS software for anything remotely related to the Internet, you deserve to be infected and so do all your friends.

*WHY* is "yet another windows vulnerability/exploit/bug found" even *remotely* "news" ? Same Shit, Different Day. Anyone who is remotely surprised by the fact that 'Yes, Windows is still swiss cheese, despite copius and ongoing FUD from MS' is a complete and utter moron.