‘A new worm has been discovered on the AOL Instant Messenger service that dupes users into thinking it is a file for the popular iTunes music player software. The worm appears in an IM with the message “this picture never gets old” and a link to what appears to be an image URL. However, it is not an image and is rather an executable file called “iTunes.exe” which will install several spyware applications including “Internet Optimizer,” “Media Ticket,” and “180 Search Assistant.”’

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