IS THIS A VIRUS????????????

[simshi993052]

Hi guys i recently recieved a file through msn which i believed to be from a friend as it was his name sending it. but when i contacted him to see what it was he said it was not him! how is that possibe

The file in  question is DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK:-



www.G038_jpg-msn
i was at the friends in question when i was remotley connected to home and saw that he wz\sw sending me the same file again but i know he couldn't because i was using his pc to connect to mine
the wife acidently accepted it and i am now a little weary of what it has done to my pc as she opened it and she said that nothing had happened when she did

please please help am i in trouble
Kind regards Matt

[CBMatt]

You should run a scan with Kaspersky's Online Scanner and post the log here.  When that is done, also post a HijackThis log for us to take a look at.

[patio]

Why post a link that shouldn't be clicked ? ?

I don't get it.

[Fed]

The first thing I did was click on the link (wet paint syndrom) and got exactly what I expected. Do not click on that link

[CBMatt]

Thankfully, it's not a proper link, so none of us have anything to worry about.

[contrex]

This is an MSN worm. These can pretend to be from a friend whose machine is infected. Also this one exploits the fact that nobody under about 25 knows about the old MS-DOS .com file extension for executable files. They think .com means a web site so they click on it.

Backdoor.Win32.IRCBot.aex (Kaspersky Lab) is also known as: W32.Esbot.B (Symantec),   BackDoor.IRC.Sdbot.126 (Doctor Web),   Win32.Worm.EsBot.B (SOFTWIN),   Worm.ESBot.B (ClamAV),   Bck/IRCbot.KG (Panda),   Win32/IRCBot.OO (Eset)

    * The following behaviors have been observed for this object:
    * Installs programs.
    * Deletes programs.
    * Invokes dll components.
    * Creates Run Keys.
    * Runs other programs.
    * Communicates with web sites using httpout protocols.
    * Has outbound communications.
    * Creates known malware.
    * Creates copies of itself.

[CBMatt]

Due to lack of feedback, I am closing this topic.  If you are the original poster and you would like this topic to be re-opened for any reason, PM me or another moderator and it can be arranged.

If you are not the original poster and you require help, please start a New Topic with information about your computer and your problem.