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Submitted by: Bill Hickey
NCVA List Master

NRT-0188 Skype Worm Makes A Jump:

A new variant of the Stration worm, which has been plaguing Windows users for the past year, has made the jump from Skype to the ICQ and MSN Messenger networks. The infection will go looking for other instant messenging clients that are on the PC and then attempt to send the infection message that it initially sends through Skype through these other chat systems. For a comuter to be infected, a user must first click on a link and then agree to download an executable file. Once installed, the worm will gradually start to send out messages to the victim's contacts.

(IDG News Service 24MAY07)

Last Modified: Sunday, 03-Jun-2007 11:12:30 EDT