Comments on: Worms biting harder into IM, P2P

Security threats that take aim at instant messaging and peer-to-peer networks are rocketing--and getting smarter, according to research reports.

AIM Virus!!

Well it was just any other day when I decided to use AIM to talk to my friends. After 5 minutes of having AIM open I recieve a message from my friend saying - "Hey look at this". And I click on the link he provided and then downloaded the file. I also opened the file. After a minute or so my internet stopped working and then I knew it was a virus. So I tried everything to repair it but nothing worked. It eventually destroyed some of my hardware and it also stopped loading up. I had to reformat but the computer was still damaged. I just hope one day these DAMN NERDS who sit on their computers all day and write viruses go and burn in hell. Microsoft should really try to catch these guys.

[aabcdefghij987654321]

at least it only damaged your PC!!!!!!

Hi, the problem in the PC world is that most virus writers are not
aiming to break things nowadays, they want to push a quiet little
innocuous virus on your machine ; that just records every keystroke
you make and zips it to somewhere in Brazil, or during the night
zombie e-mails 500,000 spam messages or forms a blackmail web
of DDOS bots! So, in some ways , having damaged hardware is
being lucky - though I know how you feel!, (I bought a Mac Mini
to avoid any future infection.!)

Which operating systems are effected?

I'm curious as to which operating systems are effected with the IMs. Are the only IMs on Microsoft's OS or are Unix machines with IMs also effected?

[Scott W]

windows

windows will be the biggest target. i've got more viruses attempting to infect me from windows computers, yet have still to be attacked from a linux machine. i use linux myself and have yet to infect anyone else ;)

[Jocellus222]

Which ports

I knew this was going to be the next step in attacks. Have the attacks hit TLS port 5061 as well as the ports utilized by public IM?

[zbeast]

Virus's what virus

Only boobs get virus and worm.
Just run any anti-spyware any anti-virus software.
Most if any of these attacts are againsted Windows.

What your downloading a file. That fine but if your downloading someting that should be several megs and it's like 800k. You know thats virus or just spyware.

This story is just an shill for buying software.

[par7133]

icq, spam by troyan and its partners

http://groups.google.it/group/microsoft.public.security.virus/browse_frm/thread/cb8c5b1cebb8e795/dd15960ce5120b0f?lnk=st&q=icq+trojan&rnum=1&hl=it#dd15960ce5120b0f

[par7133]

so, for spam or trojan sometime ask to icq partners..

for ex:

http://nictechnetworks.com

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