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Santa IM Worm Hits AOL, MSN and Yahoo

Posted by samzenpus on from the bad-santa dept.

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."

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  1. WTF? by ZiakII · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    harmless Santa Claus file.

    Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

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