According to Will Sturgeon of Silicon.com, there have been 15 times more attacks on Messenger (MSN, AOL and Yahoo) in the past year than previous.

87% of these attacks were worms, 12% viruses, and 1% client vulnerabilities.

The most common target was MSN Messenger at 62%, followed by AOL Instant Messenger at 31%, with Yahoo Messenger at 7%.

It appears from the research that all the threats required some type of user intervention in order to launch, such as clicking on an attachment or a bogus link.

So folks, you have the power to protect yourself, and that power is called common sense.

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