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Next major worm outbreak coming from IM software? It would make an easy avenue for fast spreading malware to travel. Keep your AntiVirus up to date.
The Next Big Virus Threat: Instant Messaging: "In all likelihood, there are numerous vulnerabilities in today's IM clients. All software contains such holes. 'We've seen vulnerabilities in every free IM client out there,' says Chien. The difference is that, unlike most apps, an IM client is almost always exposed to the Internet."

posted by Jordan @ 6/29/2004 10:57:00 AM