AIM Trojan

There is a new AIM trojan (well, it isn’t caught by avast! on-access scanner, anyhow) which goes by the filename of pic0123.exe and is listed as an MS-DOS program under it’s properties page in XP; however, this program opens up your AIM buddy list and sends an IM to all your online buddies asking them to click the following URL: (WARNING! DO NOT CLICK THIS! IF YOU DO, DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR RUN THE FILE IT WILL TRY TO INSTALL!!!) REMOVED
So far, I have not noticed any damage from said file besides just trying to spread itself through IMs via said URL. It is merely a nuisance, as far as I know, but avast could stop it.

I was able to remove said trojan/virus/whatever you want to call it by simply bringing up the TASK MANAGER in XP and killing the filename PIC-123.EXE and then deleting it. I have had no problems since.

Hope this helps someone!
~me~

Please remove the link that leads to a infected malware, thanks in advance.

Sorry about that. I wanted to make sure they knew where to find it, if need be. I wasn’t sure where to report it, hence the posting of the URL. Obviously I’m new here…

But you’re learning fast… enjoy avast! forums and welcome.
Thanks for informing about the trojan 8)