Tanned chicken & other IM worms

You might want to talk about viruses with IM-ers at your house - particularly those who use MSN Messenger. First, everybody in your family knows that instant-messaging is just as susceptible to worms and viruses as email, right? If your IM-ers get sent a picture of a "baked chicken with a bikini tan," as described by India-based Techtree.com, tell them *not* to click on it! It would launch the latest IM worm, Bropia, which is infecting PCs all over the world right now. "It also releases a second more dangerous worm, called Agabot.ajc, on the infected computer," ZDNET reports. Here's an older but bigger-picture piece on viruses via instant-messaging at PC World - note the IM protection tips at the end.