“Internet security experts have discovered what is thought to be the first web virus to “talk” to its victims to win their trust before infecting their PCs,”Times Online reports.It has been “dubbed “IM.MySpace04.AIM” by IMlogic,the internet security company that discovered it”,and “is the first known to chat with computer users in a bid to dupe them into downloading its malicious program.The program arrives in a message with an attachment that says “lol thats cool”,adopting the internet shorthand for “laughing out loud” or “lots of laughs”.People who reply to the mail,possibly asking quastions about the attached file,get the reply “lol no its not its a virus”.Once downloaded, the virus turns off security software and starts invisibly sending itself to contacts on the victim’s address book.”

‘Talking’ internet worm wins victims’ trust