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Matthew writes: Instant Message users beware: Hackers have released a new worm designed to target the home computers of heavy Internet users, who are likely to have high bandwidth connections to the Internet which can subsequently be exploited to launder hacking attacks.
The worm decides whom to target by sniffing Instant Message traffic and attacking computers that generate chat packets at a relatively high frequency, indicating the higher bandwidth and better typing skills of frequent Internet users. The worms attack based on these signatures.
Currently, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, and IRC relay chat users are all vulnerable to this worm. The worm does have to attract users to an infected server, which it does by inserting the following message in chatrooms around the Internet: “hi guys im a looking for help on my kama sutra book report. Meet me at #chatserver.”