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by duarte.rafa

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Do you know if there's a virus spreading using instant message services?

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by ann777

Considering that you can only type text... it'd be a little difficult to send a vbs script through AIM or any other Instant Messenger Service.

If you are noticing a slowdown because of all the viruses out there, then that's a possiblity.... butI don't think you can spread a virus through IMS.

by cavedweller

The relationship between instant messaging and viruses is that some viruses use IRC to communicate data from an infected system back to the perpetrator. Instant messaging didn't deliver the virus, however.

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