New Virus Alert

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Beware of a new virus that is finding its way into Windows machines via Yahoo IM and latest has it Skype as well. It arrives as a message via instant message through Yahoo IM or Skype with a number of messages like: "Does my new hair style look good? bad? perfect?" Or, "My printer is about to be thrown through a window if this pic won't come out right. You see anything wrong with it?" These messages include a link to a Web page that seems to direct you to look into a JPEG, or image file. When the link is clicked on, the browser displays an interface that looks like the RapidShare Web hosting site and offers up a ZIP file for download. The extracted file is actually an executable file with a .com extension. DON'T CLICK THE LINK - IT IS A MALWARE! The malware, which Bkis - a security firm, has detected is "W32.Skyhoo.Worm," disappears if the computer does not have Skype or Yahoo Messenger installed. It automatically sends messages with varying content and malicious links to contacts in the victim's IM list and automatically injects a malicious link in e-mail messages and Word or Excel files that the user is composing. The worm also connects to an IRC server to receive remote commands, blocks antivirus software, uses a rootkit technique to hide its files and processes and automatically copies itself onto USB drives to spread. So, this is another warning and reminder on how important it is to keep one's system armed with the latest security software programs and operating system updated with the latest fixes. Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20004456-245.html