Anyone who uses AOL IM, listen up

[PVnRT]

There is some kind of trojan going around that alters peoples' Buddy Info sections - it will appear as "I can't believe I saw X's profile on the web," followed by a link, where X is your user name (when you click on someone else's Buddy Info). Going to the website puts some kind of trojan on your computer immediately - I have the most updated versions of Norton Firewall and Antivirus, and still got through. I'm trying to figure out how to remove them now.

BTW, if anyone knows a good way to get something like this off of my hard drive, let me know.

The website is called buddypicture.net - DO NOT GO THERE unless you are a badass computer pimp and won't get infected.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. I have a friend who got the trojan virus.

He had to have both hard drives and something else (that was nameless) replaced. It is a three-month old computer.

[Name removed]

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[PVnRT]

5. Thanks

Weird - apparently my system was clean after clicking it. I guess Norton canned it after all.

[mobuto]

7. Nevermind

I need to take remedial English comprehension classes.

[Atman]

3. Limted to Windblows, I assume?

I'm running OSX now. Safe to assume this is just another security hole from MS?

[PVnRT]

4. I have no idea

n/t

[radwriter0555]

6. YEAH I want to use an internet server whose HQ sits next to the CIA..

GOOD IDEA.

NOT.

[mobuto]

8. DO NOT DOWNLOAD REALPHX's FIX

as posted on their website. It is a trick to get you to download this Trojan Horse.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.sinkin.html

Click on the link below to dl removal software.

http://www.rsaisp.com/software.asp

[elcondor]

9. My roommate has it

Thanks for the info though, I didn't know exactly how she got it!

[wysimdnwyg]

10. Um, just because some of us can't help but click...

Can you alter the URL to buddypicture so as to disable the link?

(And no, I didn't click it. But I want to.)

[PVnRT]

11. Done

n/t

[wysimdnwyg]

12. Muchas gracias!

Now I can resist the urge to click. It's that same old thing, tell me I can't do something, and I want to do it even more.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

13. sorry

sorry about, during my search for fixing your problem, for posting a link to a site with the damn virus on it. I got tricked, I'm such a retard. Hope nobody infected their pc because of me.


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