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AIM away message virus
Name: ls1pwrd325 Date: October 26, 2004 at 16:57:24 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: Intel celeron, 512
Comment:
I'm not sure if this problem has already been reported, but here it goes... My AIM away message says, "WTF look ", and has a webiste with a virus after that. I was wondering how to get rid of this virus. Help is much appreciated.
Name: per Date: October 26, 2004 at 17:07:03 Pacific
Reply:
Try trendmicro.com and run housecall.
Please post back within 24 hours or I will delete the post from my follow up list. Thanks.
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Response Number 2
Name: ls1pwrd325 Date: October 28, 2004 at 15:40:06 Pacific
Reply:
Hey i tried that, ran it, and it found a virus. I've logged off and started up the system few times and all was good. Today I logged off and logged on and the away message came up again. Any more solutions?
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