If you’re like me and you don’t mind installing a beta or two to check out new software, you might want to be careful about trying to install a beta for MSN Messenger 8:
A virus masquerading as a new beta version of Microsoft’s MSN Messenger has begun circulating, antivirus company F-Secure said on its blog Tuesday.
The virus, which F-Secure calls Virkel.F, comes as a file called BETA8WEBINSTALL.EXE that can be downloaded from a Web site. Running the program installs not a new MSN Messenger beta, but rather a virus that sends download links to a computer user’s MSN Messenger buddies. The virus falsely labels the link as “MSN Messenger 8 Working BETA.”
Of course, the filename may be something different so don’t watch only for that one. Nothing like a good virus for the holidays, eh?
Read: CNET News.com
MasterMaq's Blog 