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> Online safety threats lurk in instant messages, Beware of IM attachments and links
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post Oct 1 2005, 05:48 AM
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<img src='/images/misc/Virus.jpg' style='float:right' vspace='8' hspace='8'> <b>By now you know to be leery of e-mail attachments, even when they seem to come from a friend or colleague. These days, however, you also have to be careful of IM attachments and links - because the virus writers are already there, too</b><br /><br />By Erik Larkin, PC World, 09/30/05<br /> <br /> "We've done a much better job of locking down e-mail," says Francis Costello, CTO at Akonix, which helps clients secure instant messaging and peer-to-peer software. "People are turning to instant messaging as the new attack vector." <br /> <br /> <br /><br /> <div class='newslinks'><img src='http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/style_images/1/cs_page.gif'>&nbsp;<b>Link: <a href='http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/093005-security-instant-messages.html' target='_blank'><font color='red'>NetworkWorld.com Article</font></a><br />


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i think the most common ones are files like funny.exe or joke.exe which are actually keyloggers when you run the application, so be wary!


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