http://www.internetweek.com/breakingNews/showArticle.jhtml%3Bjsessionid=YKE02ZGNN21GKQSNDBCSKHY?articleID=22101033

If that happened, it could be nasssty.

[quote] "The likelihood of that happening is low. If millions of messages were sent out in a short span of time, the IM servers would probably go down before the threat spread completely," said Chien.[/quote]

I was in best buy today and saw an IM firewall, intresting.

Yea an IM worm would be pretty bad.

[quote author=hismajesty[yL] link=board=2;threadid=7388;start=0#msg66658 date=1087930670]
I was in best buy today and saw an IM firewall, intresting.
[/quote]
Probably more trouble than it's worth, and probably doesn't do much more than a regular router/firewall.

[quote author=j0k3r link=board=2;threadid=7388;start=0#msg66660 date=1087935085]
[quote author=hismajesty[yL] link=board=2;threadid=7388;start=0#msg66658 date=1087930670]
I was in best buy today and saw an IM firewall, intresting.
[/quote]
Probably more trouble than it's worth, and probably doesn't do much more than a regular router/firewall.
[/quote]

Just another way for Symantac to make money.

[quote author=hismajesty[yL] link=board=2;threadid=7388;start=0#msg66662 date=1087937208]
[quote author=j0k3r link=board=2;threadid=7388;start=0#msg66660 date=1087935085]
[quote author=hismajesty[yL] link=board=2;threadid=7388;start=0#msg66658 date=1087930670]
I was in best buy today and saw an IM firewall, intresting.
[/quote]
Probably more trouble than it's worth, and probably doesn't do much more than a regular router/firewall.
[/quote]

Just another way for Symantac to make money.
[/quote]
Symantec owns Trust. :D

Here's a worm for MSN:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.jitux.worm.html
And a worm for cell phones. weeee:
http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/security/news/article.php/3369361