‘Users of instant messaging applications from Yahoo Inc. and America Online Inc. are being warned this week of two new threats spreading via instant messaging.

The first is a worm targeting AOL’s Instant Messenger software that could potentially allow an attacker to gain control of a user’s system, according to security researchers. The other is a phishing scam propagated through Yahoo Messenger, which tries to lure users into revealing their Yahoo credentials.

The AOL worm sends the message “hehe i found this funny movie,” encouraging users to click on a hyperlink that downloads malicious code to the user’s desktop, according to an advisory released Monday by IMLogic Inc. From there, the worm connects to a public Internet Relay Chat server and continues to spread through AIM messages, researchers at security company NetSec said.’

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