An epidemic

I've been receiving the following messages from a few people on my messenger list. They send you to webpages which sole purpose is to propagate worms/trojans/viruses or whatever they are called...


friendID (10/4/2006 9:13:14 PM): oh my god , i've won a 20000 usd lottery :O http://nsl-school.org/?id=winning_list . Come to my house tonight for a party !! >:D<

friendID (10/4/2006 9:27:55 PM): Download free MP3s : http://--nsl-school.org?id=music <<

friendID (10/4/2006 9:26:38 PM): have you ever seen such a silly man like this ? http:/--/nsl-school.org?id=stories =))

friendID (10/4/2006 9:24:31 PM): Let's vote for Vietnam's beauty - Mai Phuong Thuy - for the upcoming Miss World competition : http://nsl-school.org?id=vote :x !!

friendID (10/4/2006 9:21:13 PM): oh my god , i've won a 20000 usd lottery :O http://--nsl-school.org/?id=winning_list . Come to my house tonight for a party !! >:D<

friendID (10/4/2006 9:19:56 PM): Just check out my new personal website : :http://mytermex.com c0ol !!!

friendID (10/4/2006 9:14:33 PM): have you ever seen such a silly man like this ? http://nsl-school.org?id=stories =))

friendID (10/4/2006 9:13:14 PM): oh my god , i've won a 20000 usd lottery :O http://nsl-school.org/?id=winning_list . Come to my house tonight for a party !! >:D<

friendID (10/4/2006 9:11:07 PM): A new dangerous computer virus that can destroys all your data has just been released . Click here to know how to avoid it : :http://mytermex.com?id=pc_protector <<

friendID (10/4/2006 9:04:25 PM): you are virus infected . Use this tool to remove viruses from your PC : http://mytermex.com/?id=virus_shield <<

friendID (10/4/2006 9:01:07 PM): damn, she is so cute :x http://nsl-school.org?id=miss_world :x:x:x:x:x


In fact, the first time I received them I thought they were being sent by a bot that had found my ID somehow until I realized that the ID sending them to me was that of a contact I had no chatted with in a long time. Many Yahoo! messenger users are affected by this problem.

Since none of my friends have complained about me sending them plenty of messages with a link I'm supposing that my computer was not infected. First thing I'll say is that you need a good antivirus software on your computer, unless you're using some rare operating system. An up-to-date antivirus should protect you from those Trojans.

I'll give you a few links to websites that "might" (or might not...) help you "cure" your computer:

http://forums.sureshkumar.net/showthread.php?t=7790
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=850779#post850779
http://download.mcafee.com/eval/evaluate2.asp
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061003072801AASPvsp
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061004092418AAaTCba
http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061003052435AAie06n


Updated on October 28th, 2006

Another one of my contacts has been infected and he sent me links with another url, here are the messages below:

friendID: Screenshot of new windows version _ Windows Vista http://thecoolpics.com/vista.jpg so cool
friendID: oh my god , i've won a 20000 usd lottery http://thecoolpics.com/mylottery.jpg <<

I haven't verified that it's the same word but something tells me it is.

Update on November 27th, 2006

I received this message from yet another one of my contacts who's infected, and I think this is one of the most ingenious messages those people have come up with, it would look legitimate from almost anyone, see it below:

friendID: check this link for me : http://nsl-school.org/?id=forum . Why I cannot surf this site ???


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