MSN Messenger hit by double-whammy worm

You're right ---: The file must be executed after downloading by the user. I don't know why they are calling it a worm. It is a trojan horse.

I don't know why the article only mentions MSN Messenger, either. Except maybe because the file can be embedded into the message (like a link in a web browser) in MSN Messenger, where the other programs give you a dialog box, and it's clear that you are downloading a file. Then you have to go to the directory where you saved it and run it.

I guess the subject of my post should have read, 'Not on a computer that I'm sitting in front of!'; Posted by: Hugh Jass Posted on: 02/04/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Goes to show IT Scion | 02/03/05

SO TRUE!!!! Valis Keogh | 02/03/05

SO TRUE!!!! communications@... | 02/03/05

SO TRUE!!!! jbaviera@... | 02/03/05

Yeah, users are so dumb. Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 02/03/05

Well put! Hugh Jass | 02/03/05

What's amazine.... dave95 | 02/03/05

Silly answer bjacob4 | 02/07/05

To infer that... IT Scion | 02/08/05

Goes to show communications@... | 02/03/05

What, Not AIM? jbaviera@... | 02/03/05

nor iChat Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 02/03/05

nor Trillian Hugh Jass | 02/03/05

Yeah but no but Humph | 02/04/05

Perhaps cashaww | 02/04/05

You're right --- Hugh Jass | 02/04/05

Thank goodness for the Mac coscooper | 02/04/05

Macs and Latvia bjacob4 | 02/07/05

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