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Santa IM Worm Hits AOL, MSN and Yahoo
elmtree95 writes "CNET News reports A Santa Claus worm is attempting to trick America Online, Microsoft MSN and Yahoo instant-messaging users into clicking on a file that delivers unwanted software to a victim's computer.
The IM.GiftCom.All worm attempts to dupe IM users into thinking an acquaintance has sent them a link to a harmless Santa Claus file. IM security vendor ELMTree Software has released a patch to their ChatPatrol (www.chatpatrol.com) product to address this issue."
Anyone who catches this is at fault.
what happens is you get an IM message with a link. if you click it, it's your fault when it downloads.
When it downloads it is still just nothing but a file on your disk. If you accidentally click it you have a chance not to run it. Second luck, if you like.
If you then open that file and become infected, it is your own fault.
It is like being warned two times not to put your tongue on a 110v wire chasss. If you still do it you have nobody else to blame.
As they say, take the warnings off everything and let nature sort out the idiots.
Or perhaps you're simply stupid yourself, and unable to understand the brief verbage on their site.
That screensot? That just shows that they work with Gaim. It's an IM security/encryption program that runs transparently basically as a proxy from what I can tell. They don't have an IM client themselves.
Oh, wait... write first, comprehend later. I'm the first to get on someone ripping off open source, but this ain't one of those times, and all it would have taken was using your brain before you typed to figure that out.
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