warning

[butch81385]

just warning AIM users. i was sent a new aim virus by 4 of my friends, it sends a link to a supposed news website, where it says osama was captured, but you have to download the plug in to see the story, if you download the plugin it sends itself out to other people

sorry if this has been posted before, but it seems to have just hit my friends today.

also, i do not know if this causes any other problems besides spreading itself

moved to Secuirty and Privacy section

what plug in did it have you install?

what damage did it do?

[butch81385]

"Do you want to install and run "News Player Applet (Free download - view terms and conditions)" signed on 2/10/2004 12:21pm and distributed by
News Player
Publisher authenticity verified by Thawte Code Signing CA"

no known damage yet besides spreading itself to others.... doesnt mean there isnt any though

check your profile, did it write over it?

im kind of confused how it is spreading itself, if you had to click on the link yourself. are you saying your friend did not send out the instant message?

[butch81385]

profiles are fine

i didnt ok the plugin, but my friends did and as fas as they know, it does nothing but send itself out.

[butch81385]

it sends a message with a link, the link takes you to the site above where it asks you to download the news player applet, and if you click ok, it will go to all of your buddies...

i was just sent this by a friend online, and he was away. thanks for the heads up butch

[JacobM5727]

check this out
is that for real?
virus

lol.. whats that supposed to mean?
do they tell you its a virus too? or was that a reenactment

[butch81385]

that was my friend sending the link me clicking on it and askign if it was a real news thing, then he said it was a virus (because he couldnt stop it from sending the link)

http://www.buddylinks.net/support.php

here is the fix


also someone else sent this to me

1) Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Add Remove Programs

2) Remove the three programs: PSDT Messaging Integration, PSD Tools Channel Up and Buddylinks (if listed) by highlighting them and choosing remove.

3) Go to C:\Program Files\buddylinks.net and delete the folder buddylinks.net.

4) Go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\PSD Tools and delete the folder PSD Tools.

5) Reboot your computer.

http://www.aim.com/help_faq/security/faq.adp?aolp=