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      03-11-2009
on msn live messenger I got sevveral messges Look what I found and a link to
A picture 123456789.jpg but it is not a picture but a executable ,
123456789.jpg.exe
I donot know if it only affects mcaffee or also other AV programs
Who can tell me more?
Ron



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Jonathan Kay [MVP]
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      03-12-2009
Greetings Ron,

If you're just receiving these messages, it is the person sending them that is infected by a
worm. You can just ignore them.

In fact there's thousands of these worms and the antivirus software generally doesn't pick
them up as they don't last too long in the wild.

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> on msn live messenger I got sevveral messges Look what I found and a link to A picture
> 123456789.jpg but it is not a picture but a executable , 123456789.jpg.exe
> I donot know if it only affects mcaffee or also other AV programs
> Who can tell me more?
> Ron
>
>
> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3925
> (20090311) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
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