MSN Instant Messenger virus

[Guru]

 

[Wiggles]

Does clicking that link give you the worm??

 

[Azwed]

Probably

 

[Phoenyx]

yes

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[Rubyfruit]

Jesus Christ!

I'm sorry, Guru. Did you just say something?

*panting*

Um, is that you?

 

[April]

So what if you're running Netscape and MSN? I don't use IE.

 

[Dragonette]

That's a low risk one

JS_MENGER.GEN


Risk rating: Low
Virus type: Html
Destructive: No

Aliases:
MENGER.GEN, MENGER, Js/Messenger-Exploit

Description:
This ********** malware uses an exploit in Internet Explorer (IE) to use the Microsoft Messenger (MSN) application. It sends a message asking the target user to visit the Web site containing its malicious HTML code.

The virus also steals a list of logon names from the MSN messenger application and then emails these to its author's email address.

 

[wildone28]

Thank you for posting this Guru...And may I say that your AV is very delicious looking....made me want to

 

[bigrednz]

bump 4 kiwiwolf

 

[BasilDD]

thanks for the warning!

 

[kiwiwolf]

bump 4 kiwiwolf

Thanks Red...

 

[Teaserpleaser]

Hey thanks guru for the info

 

[Orlanth]

That virus was found weeks ago.

Any word if a fix is it for it yet?