Worm with Rootkit targets AIM users

Oct 31, 2005 00:11

Public Service Announcement:

/. reports that a particularly nasty worm has begun propagating itself through AIM. [Direct Link to source story from C|net]. The payload is a rootkit that bypasses security software and takes control of Windows PCs.

Users of Gaimshould be immune, as will any Linux, BSD, or OSX users.

computers, virus, slashdot, worm, announcement, rootkit, security

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