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Your Sadly Mistaken.
While I WILL agree with you that IM is not Chat. I WILL disagree that it cannot be spread on or via IM. The article proves this. All a virus writer needs to do is create a virus that sends a URL to its users and user is foolish enough to click on the URL. With Windows Messenger they don't even need a virus for that, all the have to do is send a spam ( SPIM ) message and trick the user to click on it. As for MSN Messenger there are a few viruses that can do this already, all the virus writer needs to do is modify the code to send a URL to view a web site containing a malicious .jpg file. How do you think the George W. Bush virus was spread on MSN and Windows Messengers.

Roo, dude before you post to the talkbacks again please do a little homework. Speading viruses on IM is already being done, it's only a matter of time before other IM programs are exploited for the jpeg flaw the way AOLIM was.
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Are you *&%&ing NUTS!!!  DragonBRockin | 09/30/04
Frail hopes  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/30/04
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Agreed!  roo_z | 10/01/04
Never used AOL IM, but...  Monkey_MCSE | 09/30/04
Trust  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/30/04
It might be the hard way, but it will work  Taz_z | 10/01/04
Let us hope...  mobrien_12@... | 09/30/04
They use  Linux User 147560 | 09/30/04
AOL = Internet For The Mentally Challenged  itanalyst | 09/30/04
AOL IM vs. AOL ISP  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/30/04
Well, Yes, I Was Aware Of That  itanalyst | 10/01/04
As I've always said...  roo_z | 10/01/04
Wont Be Long Now...  DragonBRockin | 09/30/04
Read it again...  roo_z | 10/01/04
Your Sadly Mistaken.  DragonBRockin | 10/02/04
New Virus-Old Technology  thomgood | 10/01/04
Seen the same thing on MSN  cherry_lyptus | 10/01/04
It's everywhere!  roo_z | 10/01/04
Image virus NOT spread by chat  roo_z | 10/01/04
Agreed  zaphraud | 10/01/04
Re: Agree  Me_too | 10/02/04

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