Shoutbox

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Scrooge got control of the Instant Messagers and is reeking computer havoc at Christmas time, using the alias of Santa Claus. The worm, known, as the “Santa Claus Worm” has been spotted recently popping around the instant massagers of AOL, Yahoo and MSN Messenger, by receiving a file known as a Santa file which any idiot would download this time of year.

The worm, IM.GiftCom.All, sends numerous links to a person, often named gift.com, which leads to a “Santa Claus file”. In addition, when the file is downloaded onto your computer, a festival image appears on your screen while a rootkit is installed on the users system. This then scans your registry, file system and internet cache, and in some cases is a keylogger.

These rootkit are currently undetected by most security software and can cause serious harm to your computer, then the worm spreads in the same manner to all your contacts, not the best gift you can give, eh?

So be aware of this festive treat, and do not click or download any file you receive, always ask what it is before hand.

Happy Holidays!

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We have not really had any big worms for a while, so this one is rather serious, I thought i would spread the warning

My mom told me she saw this on the news ...Thanks for the info Absorbation

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Originally posted by Absorbation
We have not really had any big worms for a while, so this one is rather serious, I thought i would spread the warning

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Thanks for the news absorbation. I will warn my family and my friends on WLM.

symantec and ms are currently developping root kit removers which will allow the removal of the crap sony bgm rootkit as well as viral rootkits

I thought Sony had already released a rootkit remover for their own rootkit?

Thanks for the warning Absorbation, I'll try and warn some of the people I know who will obviously click those links .

lol thanks Absorb.

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Originally posted by Lt.Col.DraGon
on WLM.

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Hmmm, just thinking... since WLM is new, would the worm be able to send messages through it? Would it know how to start a conversation and send its links?

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Originally posted by Blair
Hmmm, just thinking... since WLM is new, would the worm be able to send messages through it? Would it know how to start a conversation and send its links?

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maybe, maybe not but i doubt most wlm users would be stupid enought to click the link anyway

True, but if "family members" have an invite... anyone generous enough to give their little sis an invite ? Just curious