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By Mary Landesman, About.com Guide to Antivirus Software since 2000

IM Worms Pose Significant Threat

Wednesday September 28, 2005
This year I began informally tracking Instant Messaging worms after a friend's PC became infected with one. The infection happened when the daughter clicked a link in one of her contact's 'away' messages. At the time, no antivirus software I tried was able to detect the threat and both Task Manager and Registry Editor had been rendered inaccessible by the infector. I've been tracking IM worms ever since, and here's what I've discoverd. >> Full Story
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