New virus: Don't get yourself handcuffed!

[Endo]

Watch out for instant messages -even when they come from good friends and family- which look like this:

[b]"OMFG! http://[some_domain_name]/handcuffs.pif"[/b]

OMFG can be similar words, like LOL, LMAO, SO COOL or ROFL. This is a new worm, probably a Bropia variant, spreading around MSN Messenger disguised as a hyperlink to a file called handcuffs.pif (which is hosted on random domains, like for instance members.chello.nl/g.geurts). When you click the link and thus activate the download of this file, a jpg of a handcuffed girl will be extracted (which some of you didn't seem to mind) and in the background a similar message will be sent to online MSN Messenger contacts. Don't help this worm propagate... don't click links to .pif files!

[url=\"http://www.mess.be/\"][Source][/url]

[Jim]

Maybe there's a way to get the picture without the virus <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... lleyes.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':rolleyes:\' /> <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... el_not.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(not)\' /> <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... shifty.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(shift)\' /> <img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... shades.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'B)\' />