New IMbot?

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Most of us have probably been exposed to those annoying IMbots.  The ones that send us an IM two seconds after we start our client telling us about a website that we really should check out.  Usually the screenames are ones that we do not recognize.

 

Today I was hit by something different.  As soon as  my IM client was online I received an IM from one of my online contacts telling me that I could get a cool free ringtone and I was provided with a link to the site.  Since I don't normally get IMs of that nature from this contact I IMd her back in the same thread and asked her if she had sent the original IM.  She assured me that she had not.  I suggested that she scan her PC and at the time of this post I have not yet heard back from her.

 

I don't know if the culprit in this case is a virus or some new IMbot that is capable of impersonating one of my online contacts.  Has anyone encountered a similar situation?  Any ideas?

Tell her to Scan in Safe Mode and I would also suggest Scanning your computer to make sure you are not Infected.