AV-killing worm spreads via Facebook chat and IM clients | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it

A rather industrious piece of malware that - among other things - paves the way for other malware by disabling AV solutions and software update modules has been spotted spreading via several Instant Messaging applications (ICQ, Skype, GTalk, Pidgin, MSN, YIM) and Facebook:

 

Gust MEES: For Newcomers to #IT-Security and its whole encyclopedia of technical words [YES, a whole dictionnary :(((, not funny anymore, but...]: AV means "Anti-Virus"...

 

Apple related products and Mac users should get used to it now as there is NOW "NOBODYISPERFECT"!!! Learn it up from the beginning, sorry, MS users are used to it already and they have advantage of IT-Security knowledge now ;) Catch up ;) A challenge!?

 

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