>     So of my users are reporting getting a link to a PHP page in the Yahoo
> Chats from Known contacts, once clicked (of course they did) it scans
> through their IM contacts and sends the exact link to all of them. Just a
> heads up, don´t know if it´s new or not but 1st time I´ve seen it. In case
> anyone gets it, ours is like this "foto http bflmages com / images php" add
> dot´s and stuff of course 

In the news right now:

  Yahoo! Messenger Users Infected By New Worm, Form An IRC Botnet | 
CyberInsecure.com
  
http://cyberinsecure.com/yahoo-messenger-users-infected-by-new-worm-form-an-irc-botnet/

    A new worm is quickly spreading on Yahoo! Messenger (YM) via Web links to 
fake images. 
    Users who fall victim to this threat have an IRC botnet client installed on 
their 
    computers.

    According to security researchers from Vietnam-based antivirus vendor Bkis, 
who 
    analyzed the new worm, it spreads though YM spam. The malware sends out 
malicious links 
    of the form http://[rogue_domain_name]/image.php to the entire contact list 
of any user 
    logged into YM on an infected computer.



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