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IM Game Spreads Virulent Ad-Delivery Software (CNN)

  • , Thursday, February 12, 2004 12 AM
Some users of the popular AOL Instant Messenger program were bombarded Wednesday with messages seemingly from friends that linked to a humorous Osama bin Laden game. Downloading the game, however, installed a piggybacking program that broadcast the advertisement from the infected computer to all correspondents on its AIM buddy lists.

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