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MSN Messenger hit by double-whammy worm

February 3, 2005 New Bropia offshoot, which uses MSN Messenger to spread, is packaged with a second, more damaging worm. TAGS: MSN Messenger, worm, MSN, Trend Micro Inc., variant, potential, IM, Microsoft Corp.

Worm packs double whammy

February 3, 2005 roundup MSN Messenger users could get bitten twice by Bropia. Also: Hard time too harsh for worm author? TAGS: MSBlast worm, MSN Messenger, worm, Saddam Hussein, MSN, flaw, Service Pack 2, photograph

Fighting phishing and defending IM

April 4, 2005 Google adapts its e-mail service to foil online fraudsters. Microsoft is also out to nail phishers, and faces a worm targeting MSN Messenger. TAGS: phishing, MSN Messenger, MSN, IM, worm, Google Inc., e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

E-mail worm graduates to IM

April 4, 2005 Chod.B worm is now spreading over MSN Messenger, after propagating over e-mail systems last week. TAGS: MSN Messenger, MSN, e-mail worm, Yahoo IM, virus, Trend Micro Inc., Time Warner Inc., IM, worm, Yahoo! Inc., password, e-mail, message, security, Microsoft Corp.

Worms on the prowl, traveling via MSN Messenger

March 8, 2005 Antivirus companies have identified two new threats that use Microsoft's IM software to spread. TAGS: Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Kelvir worm, Akonix Systems, worm, IM, MSN Messenger, threat, researcher, F-Secure Corp., MSN, variant, P2P, attachment, vice president, virus, antivirus

Spying worm spreads via MSN Messenger, AIM

July 21, 2005 Attacks tailored to IM services contain links that could infect a PC with a Trojan horse or dangerous worm. TAGS: bot, SpyBot, worm, MSN Messenger, IP address, trojan horse, Time Warner Inc., MSN, IP, McAfee Inc., America Online Inc., copy, Symantec Corp., link, Microsoft Corp., security

IM worm speaks your language

August 24, 2005 New pest targeting users of MSN Messenger looks at a system's settings, then sends its message in one of 10 languages. TAGS: Kelvir worm, Akonix Systems, worm, language, MSN Messenger, MSN, IM, security, message, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Windows flaw spawns dozens of attacks

January 3, 2006 Attacks designed to exploit Windows Meta File flaw range from malicious spam to an MSN Messenger worm. Sites harbor Windows Trojan TAGS: Microsoft Windows Metafile, Ilfak Guilfanov, WMF vulnerability, Internet Storm Center, F-Secure Corp., exploit, MSN Messenger, attack, flaw, worm, MSN, vulnerability, security, fix, trojan horse, virus

Experts: Microsoft-Yahoo alliance is food for IM worms

October 12, 2005 Connecting Microsoft and Yahoo's IM services creates an environment where a worm could spread farther than ever before, experts say. TAGS: IMLogic, Akonix Systems, Yahoo IM, Yahoo! Inc., alliance, IM, MSN, expert, worm, MSN Messenger, food, Microsoft Corp., America Online Inc., security

This week in security

February 4, 2005 There's no business quite like the worm business, apparently. TAGS: Jeffrey Lee Parson, MSBlast worm, Sophos Plc., worm, antivirus company, variant, Trend Micro Inc., MSN Messenger, patch management, MSN, trojan horse, photograph, Microsoft Corp., security, antivirus, e-mail

Does IM stand for insecure messaging?

March 23, 2005 Trojan horses are galloping toward instant messaging users, and the attackers are getting smarter. TAGS: IM threat, margin, IM, MSN Messenger, attack, worm, Time Warner Inc., MSN, expert, home PC, messaging, virus, trojan horse, security

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