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  • Worm attack forces Reuters IM offline

    04/14/2005 2:23:52 PM PDT · by infocats · 2 replies · 251+ views
    ZD Net News ^ | April 14, 2005 | Matt Hines
    Reuters has shut down its instant messaging system after suffering an onslaught from a new Kelvir worm, the company confirmed Thursday. The London-based international media company decided to take its Reuters Messaging system completely offline after noticing the attack on its network earlier on Thursday, a Reuters representative said. The new variant attempted to spread by sending fake instant messages to people in contact lists on infected systems, a technique used by earlier Kelvir strains. The messages, crafted to look exactly like legitimate IM correspondence, attempted to lure people to a Web site where their computers would be infected with...