Virus disguises itself as MSN Messenger beta

Yet another virus to watch out for. Another version of this attach utilizes an email containing supposed "leaked" info about the new Live version of Messenger.

JJ.

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A virus masquerading as a new beta version of Microsoft's MSN Messenger has begun circulating, antivirus company F-Secure said on its blog Tuesday.

The virus, which F-Secure calls Virkel.F, comes as a file called BETA8WEBINSTALL.EXE that can be downloaded from a Web site. Running the program installs not a new MSN Messenger beta, but rather a virus that sends download links to a computer user's MSN Messenger buddies. The virus falsely labels the link as "MSN Messenger 8 Working BETA."

Virus disguises itself as MSN Messenger beta | CNET News.com

Posted 12/28/05 by JJ | Filed under: IT and Technology