Viruses Wiggle Into IM Chats

Wednesday, August 15, 2001 by mcs2k1 | Discussion: WinCustomize News

Corey Bates was chatting on his MSN Messenger recently when his high school buddy Trey sent him a winking-face icon. Then Trey sent him another icon. Then another. Bates, an 18-year-old who will start his freshman year at Oklahoma University this month, knew it was uncharacteristic of Trey to flood him with winking faces--a popular "emoticon" used to color text-based IM conversations. His suspicions grew when the alias "[email protected]" suddenly flashed on his screen along with an invitation to accept an attached file called "choke.exe." Unlike his friend, who obviously had been bitten by a virus, Bates knew better than to accept it.
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zathrus
Reply #1 Thursday, August 16, 2001 4:23 AM
Yes, one of my coworkers was on the recieving end of that a little while ago. Very entertaing, especially when he contacted his buddy and informed him of the problem, and discovered that he'd gone away for the week. Also the infected MSIM client claimed to be [email protected] or something equally funny, can't remember too well.

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