You play the Osama bin Laden game?

[msmyer]

Here is the post made by joatmon: THANKS! Quote, originally posted by joatmon »http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/i....htmlsome viral adware thing spreading through exploitation of AIM buddy listsI just wanted give some info to you folks that played the game...Quote, originally posted by msmyer »DO NOT DOWNLOAD A SADDAM/OSAMA GAME YOUR AIM BUDDIES ARE SENDING TO YOU!It is spy software that you just don't want. If you did play this game, remove it.Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete [If you have Windows 2000/XP click task manager] Locate ChannelUp.exe Press End Task / Process Click "Start", "Settings", "Control Panel", Click "Add/Remove Programs" Locate "PSD Tools ChannelUp v1.0 (remove only)" Click "Remove" and Click "Yes" to remove. Locate "PSDT Messaging Integration" Click "Remove" and Click "Yes" to remove. You are now finished, but you can delete the empty directory of "c:Program FilesCommon FilesPSD Tools" if you want If that does not work ... Search for ChannelUp.exe, click "Start", "Search", "For Files or Folders", and search for "ChannelUp.exe" without the quotes. Delete ChannelUp.exe and any other files it returned that look questionable You have now [maybe?] gotten rid of the virus / spyware How it Works: A Link is IM'd to you saying "check this out... [URL]http://[removed]/osama_capture.php?xxxx[/URL]" After you install the software on the page that was sent to you it immediately instant messages everyone on your buddy list to install the software also. Then run Adware or Spybot to clean up the "remaining" spyware.Adware is available here... http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ Good Luck, to anyone that was effected! I just walked a friend though it and got rid of it. IM me if you have any questions...