God damn computer geeks, I want to run you over!

[L1ama]

So I am happy today, checking forums, and I get a message on aim, its a link, saying check out this picture, so I click it, and it takes me to download something, I download it, then I try to open it, and nothing happens. Then my aim is acting up on me, and then my friend calls me, asking me why did I send him this link, it looks like a virus, so then I realize this is a fucking virus that messages all your buddies on aim with a link, and spreads like a motherfucker, guys be careful, and I'm sorry if you were one of the people it messaged, if you were on my buddy list.

[unwed_transient]

oh, you got my message. cool. :Owned:

j/k. hope you get it cleaned up w/o too much trouble. caution while using intranets ftw.

[mrmephistopheles]

wow thanks for blaming computer geeks for the work of malicious script kiddies.
That's akin to blaming Jay Leno for a drive-by shooting (well, a drive-by that Jay didn't do.. that friggin' gangster...).

[snatch13]

yea always check the link by putting the cursor over the hyperlink... even if it says www.photobucket.com/llskjdlsjfsldfs/picture1.jpg the link might not actually take you there...

this happened to me twice... just run some antispyware program like Ad-Aware and you should be fine...

[L1ama]

I formatted already, this thing kept sending to all my friends whenever I signed on aim, I'm just trying to warn you guys.

[fliprayzin240sx]

There goes all your friends....do us all a favor now, dont add us into your AIM. =p

[Mr. Badlose]

lol n00b.

But yeah, my friend got it and it was pretty obvious since he sent the link in a strange sentence to my GAIM (and cell since it was saved in his buddy list), then signed off right after.

[DreamDriveDrift]

nod32 is pretty good for cleaning that stuff out if you haven't gotten rid of it yet.

[Andrew Bohan]

paying attention is a good way to avoid things like that

[dvdevo]

ehh you didnt have to reformat, they have programs out there, i think there's one called aimfix? that will fix that virus problem. If it wasnt for computer nerds, you wouldnt even be on AIM!

[Ritz S14]

Trillian. Why use anything else?

[Ricks15]

Correction its not the Computer geeks who make that stuff up its all the losers that have nothing else better to do and like to screw people over.

[breakindrifts]

ahaha you noob, that stupid aim bug has been around for years.

[ranisron]

time for a Mac!

[mrmephistopheles]

time for a Mac!

Now there's some solid reasoning.
Avoid AIM trojans by switching platforms?
It'd be cheaper to buy some common sense.

[S14DB]

Computer Geeks don't use AIM. Newbs do...

http://www.jayloden.com/aimfix.htm FTW1!!

[dvdevo]

heheh like with this forum, everyone should google any computer problems or questions. SEARCHING usually helps.

[RiversideS13]

Can you describe the link so we can avoid it?

[L1ama]

It says like check out this picture or, does this picture look good or something, and you click it and it downloads something, and its like some weird type of file, but you gotta open it, yes I know I'm stupid, keep telling me that, but I just don't pay attention that much anymore.

[Nan Desu Ka?!]

Trillian. Why use anything else?

+1 for trillian

+1 for not clicking links without the person telling you where it goes... ESPECIALLY if its a download... common i thought this was internet common sense?

[theicecreamdan]

only begun the virus wars have.

[Advan]

haha, a friend of mine had that virus, then I somehow got it, but it never effected my AIM. My computer had over 70 torjans,worms, etc, on it. One was worse, and it automatically took over Symantecs and would send out a mass mail to people in an address book, whenever i hooked my internet cable in. Since I own both PC and Mac, I downloaded the updated file from my Mac, placed it on my PC, and that got rid of mostly all of them, except 5. I had to go deep into my registry and delete their strings. That got rid of 2 of them. Last, I used Hijackthis, to finish the rest off.

[ranisron]

I haven't had any virus problems with my Mac...

Back in the old days when I was using PC, I didnt run into major issues... but that was like years ago.

[nistech]

http://thelastminute.typepad.com/blog/images/image-6.jpg

[Mr. Badlose]

I personally like GAIM over Trillian, but they're both better than AIM.