AIM Virus

[BuddyBigsby]

So I let my idiot 15 year old brother use my computer and now I have a wonderful AIM Virus that sends this message out to everyone on my buddy list:

DON'T CLICK THE LINK BY THE WAY

"haha look what i found http://home.comcast.net/~stewg1978/09237.pif"

Is anyone familiar with this virus and know where it might be hiding on my system or where I can get a fix for it? I have McAfee and NOD32 and neither program is picking it up.

[Jom]

Yeah, go to http://www.jayloden.com/aimfix.htm and run AIMFix.

[AA-12]

I doubt it's a virus, probably just a AIM exploit/command.

[BuddyBigsby]

Doesn't look like AIMfix picked anyting up...

[BuddyBigsby]

I doubt it's a virus, probably just a AIM exploit/command.

Whatever. My brother clicked the link yesterday and now I have it. I just want it gone.

[nobodyblossomsforever]

System Restore ftw

/thread

If not then just ignore it if it isn't doing potential harm to your computer.

[Jom]

Doesn't look like AIMfix picked anyting up...

Really? Wow, I'm really surprised, since everyone at his mother at my university was stupid enough to get this and that's the program I gave them to get rid of it. You have to download the utility while AIM is running (or not running, I forget which).

You might have to do a System Restore... after you bitchslap your brother.

But still, I'm stunned that AIMFix didn't do anything.

[EonBlueApcolyps]

haha everyone in my school had that a few months ago. Its no big deal, i didnt get it, but from what I heard its easy to fix.

[eseer erre]

Get Trillian.
/Thread V2.0.

[Jawaharal]

I remeber a guy sent me that virus, and I didn't click it and sent it back disguied as another link. I pwned him.

[AtomShip]

go to start menu
run
msconfig
services

than turn off anything that isnt suppose to be there.

[paco999]

How do you think it got into your computer?

[AtomShip]

Obviously AIM?

[DJ Ducksauce]

How do you think it got into your computer?
If you click the link, it automatically downloads it onto your computer. At least, that's what it did with mine.