Was this a new worm? Or a bot that was sending out IM spam? Turns out it is neither and instead much more like adware. The site being advertised states they can find out who may have removed you from their contact list. All the service requires is for you to "enter your MSN account and password and we will tell you who has left you out from their lives....
I have received reports recently from people who are getting odd spam messages delivered to them that don't actually try to sell them prescription drugs, visas to the US, methods of enlarging his or her body parts, or cheap loans so they can refinance his or her home. Instead of these commonly known scams, the spam messages in question use a recipient's own email address as the return address, and have a subject line and message body containing random numbers. No exploit inside, no malicious code, no links.
Initially, a lot of theories were put forth; from spam software gone wrong, to spammers trying to poison Bayesian spam filters. It turns out the reason for these odd spam messages is nothing other than a familiar mass mailing worm, Beagle. W32.Beagle.FC is another variant of the Beagle family. Beagle is split into many components: one component may...
