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RSS icqGoner Worm / W32/Goner@MM, Win32.Goner.A@mm, I-Worm.Goner / Win32.Gone.A@mm / Pentagone / W32/Goner-A / W32/Goner.ini (Finjan)
White Paper Goner spreads using Microsoft Outlook, but also using ICQ instant messenger. It isn't the first ICQ worm, but it's quite successful. Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 00:25:08 Name: Goner Worm Aliases: Aliases: W32/Goner@MM, [03 Jul 2008]
Threats to Instant Messaging
White Paper This includes AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), ICQ, MSN Messenger (also known as Windows Messenger), and Yahoo! Instant messaging is an up and coming threat as a carrier for malware. It provide the ability to not only transfer text messages, but also... [03 Jul 2008]
AOL snaps up Bebo for $850m
News In a conference call on Thursday, Falco and Ron Grant, AOL's president and COO, as well as Bebo president Joanna Shields, said that integration between Bebo and AOL's AIM and ICQ messaging properties will be crucial. [13 Mar 2008]
IM_a Nuisance - W32.Imav.A
White Paper However, the effectiveness of this technique was limited by the fact that a specific version of the ICQ program was targeted. Other novel features of this variant included its ability to communicate directly with login.icq.com and its use of a... [15 Dec 2006]
AOL gives IM a spit and polish
News The AIM Pro service connects to more than 80 million users on the global AOL instant-messaging network through AOL AIM, ICQ and Apple's iChat, AOL said. AOL is today set to launch its new AIM Pro instant-messaging service, which features security... [19 Jul 2006]
Controlling the Use of Instant Messaging and Peer-to-Peer Applications With Proventia Integrated Security Appliances
White Paper Messenger, MSN Messenger and ICQ - and peer-to-peer applications has grown significantly. Use of instant messaging applications - like AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Although the benefits of real-time communication offer a productivity benefit to... [06 Dec 2005]
RIM says Yahoo! to mobile IM
News AOL has also announced it's working with RIM in the mobile email space, with the ISP signing up to RIM's mobile developer programme to support offering AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ on the Blackberry. [14 Mar 2005]
IM targeted by increased attacks
News Yahoo followed behind with 18 per cent of reported incidents and AOL and ICQ shared the last 12 per cent. Reports of malware, spam and hacking attacks over instant-messaging (IM) services are up 50 per cent this year, according to figures released... [10 Mar 2005]
Niklas Zennström: Telecoms troublemaker
Comment Tim Draper, managing director of Skype investor Draper Fisher Jurvetson, said: "This is a major improvement in the way people communicate on the order of Hotmail and ICQ, only a lot bigger and growing a lot faster. [05 Nov 2004]
ICQ offers IM with video
News America Online's ICQ instant messaging software now supports video chat, one of the first tangible results of the ICQ unit's recently launched developer program. ICQ in April began providing partners with access to the software's application... [26 Oct 2004]
'All New' Yahoo IM client out
News Microsoft last week introduced a subscription-based online game service for MSN Messenger, while AOL launched a new version of its ICQ instant messenger that offers a more personalised touch. Yahoo will today launch a makeover of its popular... [26 Apr 2004]
W32.Goner.A@mm (Symantec)
White Paper The worm can spread its infection using the ICQ network as well as by email using Microsoft Outlook. W32.Goner.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm that is written in Visual Basic. The worm has been compressed using a known Portable Executable (PE)* file... [21 Apr 2004]
ICQ launches social networking with IM
News On Thursday, popular instant-messaging service ICQ added a social networking element that enables people to meet and chat with their friends' friends. The company hopes that the new service will provide users with a more secure way of meeting... [05 Mar 2004]
SILC Protocol White Paper
White Paper Today, IRC has several competitors from various other so called Instant Messaging (IM) protocols, such as ICQ. The purpose of this white paper is to give short but deep enough introduction to the SILC Protocol. [24 Feb 2004]
Trillian finally cracks Yahoo!
News AOL, which owns AIM and ICQ, has not taken any steps to block Trillian. Cerulean Studios' popular Trillian instant-messaging software has released a new patch that should allow its users to regain connectivity with Yahoo! [10 Oct 2003]
