A new malicious worm squirming through America Online Inc.’s AIM network has the ability to carry on an instant messaging conversation with potential victims.
The newest worm, identified as IM.Myspace04.AIM, is coded to chat and persuade the victim to click on a malicious URL embedded in the IM message.
If the first attempt at infection is unsuccessful and the victim replies to doubt the legitimacy of the link being sent, the worm replies with the following message: “lol no its not its a virus” and “lol thats cool.”
So, don’t ask Alice.
I wonder if that is all it says, I kind of hope it IM’s me, I would love to send it some messages. Is there any responces (even if it is as bad as the “doctor mode” of emacs) or does it only have those 2 responces, I would love to find out. And since the computer I use for IM is my Linux box at home there is no danger of a miss click.
Does it bother anyone else that people are dumb enough to fall for this?
The best part is that it’s honest. “lol no its not its a virus”…. translated into English, it says, “I’m laughing out loud! No, it’s not (something the bot assumes you asked about.) It’s a virus.”
It would be really neat (and a little scary) if there was a bot worm that actually did use Alice to communicate. A well-tuned AIML set could fool all but the smartest of idiots.