I hope this is the right place to put this...
Anyway, today I have noticed a worm has been spreading through MSN. It sends itself through an instant message saying "this really looks like you" and offers a link containing an e-mail address. If you recieve any message like that, do not click it. It contains a virus.
A few of my friends have already fallen prey to the virus. So far all I know about it is that it causes the person to send the link to all online contacts, makes them sign out of MSN and possibly makes their computer "flip out".
One friend managed to fix it by System Restore, and another by changing his/her password, cause apparently the virus can't work if the password is changed.
People here probably already know about this, but I figured I put up the warning after seeing how much it spread with the people on my own buddy list.
I did highlight and copy n paste the link in Opera, but did not become infected because Opera pretty much saved me. It came up with a message asking me how I wanted to open it, and when I noticed the type of file, I quickly cancelled, and closed the tab, and did not suffer any side effects.
Has anyone else here been struck? And does anyone know any other ways to fix the problem?