Na this is new i still did post about it
Other Sources 
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http://computerworld.com.sg/ShowPage.aspx?pagetyp...pubid=3&issueid=78
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124087,00.asp
http://www.scmagazine.com/uk/news/article/533778/...n-messenger-users/
http://www.sda-asia.com/sda/news/psecom,id,6192,n...age,Singapore.html
http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?...d=70062&cat_id=582
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/12/28/messenger_virus/
Or my post: (cross referencing the sources)
quote:
Move over Santa Claus Worm and say hello to a huge new worm posing as MSN Messenger 8 beta leak or aka Windows Live Messenger, but called 8 purely for the benefit that people who know nothing about Live click the link.
So, what does this new worm do and why is it so dangerous? Well a website (msgr8beta.com) claimed to host a leaked version of MSN Messenger 8, which lured innocent people into downloading it, by announcing fake features that are sure to get more clicks to the lethal link, it claimed to include real-time smiles and functionality with Windows Media Player 10, of course, this is all a lie.
In reality a worm is installed called "Virkel.F" and spreads to all your Messenger contacts, which you really do not want to get the blame for trust me, burpia (an older, famous worm last year) caused a lot of arguments all around the world by disabling the internet, flashing pornographic images and switching your mouse clicks randomly.
The worm surprisingly is not brand new what so ever but a variant of an older family of IM viruses named "Kelvi". Which source code was posted thus making many coders taking an easy advantage for writing a worm.
The domain, has now been blocked and confirmed to be registered on December 24th by "Mark Nicholas," of Richmond, U.K” however attempts to contact this person were not successful and they may not exist, that being said the worm can still spread via contact by contact so the hype is not yet over.
Remember do not accept anything from your contacts unless your are 100% sure what it is.
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