I just received about six messeges thru messenger, I have been informed this is some sort of virus so if you get a msg to click somwhere please ignore it or it will send the messgage to all your buddies.

From Sophos :

 

Name: JS/Coolnow-A

Aliases: JS.Menger.worm

Type: JavaScript worm

Date: 14 February 2002

 

A virus identity file (IDE) which provides protection is

available now from our website and will be incorporated

into the April 2002 (3.56) release of Sophos Anti-Virus.

 

At the time of writing Sophos has received just one report of

this worm from the wild.

 

Description:

 

JS/Coolnow-A is an MSN Messenger worm which exploits a

vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer.

 

The body of the worm exists on a web page. When the page is

viewed by a vulnerable user the worm will send a message to all

the user's MSN Messenger contacts. The message will ask the

recipient to visit the affected web page.

 

The text of the message will vary according to the affected web

page but may be similar to "Go to: http://

of affected

website>".

 

The worm makes no modifications to a user's system.

 

Microsoft has issued a security patch which secures against the

vulnerability. It is available at Microsoft Security Bulletin

MS02-005.

 

 

Download the IDE file from http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/coolnowa.ide

 

Read the analysis at http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/jscoolnowa.html

 

Download a ZIP file containing all the IDE files available for

the current version of Sophos Anti-Virus from http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/ides.zip

 

Read about how to use IDE files at http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/using.html