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  Spying worm spreads via MSN Messenger, AIM
Time: 18:58 EST/23:58 GMT | News Source: News.com | Posted By: Andre Da Costa

Microsoft's MSN Messenger and AOL's Instant Messenger services are being targeted by malicious messages containing links that could infect a computer with a Trojan horse or dangerous worm. The latest threat is a Trojan called Kirvo, which arrives in the form of an instant message from someone on the user's "friends" list. The message contains a link to a Web site, which, if clicked on, loads a copy of Kirvo onto the computer, according to an advisory from security company Symantec. Kirvo is preprogrammed to then fetch a copy of Spybot, a dangerous worm that can take advantage of software vulnerabilities to spy on the user.

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