IMlogic Spots Interactive Instant Messaging Worm

2:21 pm on December 7, 2005 | Category: Messaging, Web Services

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Instant messaging security firm, IMlogic released a warning on Monday, regarding a new type of malicious IM bot that can pose as a human being, and send messages.

The threat, called IM.Myspace04.AIM infects a user’s computer, then starts sending messages to people on their AIM contacts list. The bot sends a link, and encourages receivers to click on it with messages such as “lol no its not a virus.” Once a user clicks the link, their computer also becomes infected, and begins spreading the program.

So far, the program only appears to be propagating, and not otherwise affecting users’ computers. The scary thing though is that such a program could easily be used to spread spyware, keyloggers, and numerous types of malware.

“What we’re seeing with some of these worms is they vary quickly, so the initial one may be a probe to see how well it infected users, and then a later variant will be one that may put a spybot out,” said IMlogic’s European directory of services, Sean Doherty. “The initial worm could be essentially a proof of concept coming from the malware writers.”

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    1. [...] The new worm is circulating via the AOL, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo instant messaging platforms. IMlogic has classified it as a “Medium” threat, meaning that is quite serious in comparison to other IM viruses, most of which are classified as “Low” risk. [...]

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