A UCP member has been infected by the bropia virus via Messenger.
As more and more UCPers use IM to communicate we are all open to this spread.
This has NOTHING to do with the UCP site and UCP aren't responsibel or involved in it in any way.
IF you use IM then it is possible you may have been trapped by the trojan this virus uses to spread via IM.
IM is now being used to trasnfer viruses by making it look like you have a picture or video from a friend. you accept it in IM and then open it in IM. Sadly that wasn't a fiel from your friend it was the bropia trojan adn your sytem is then infected and the little b@st@rd now uses YOUR IM contacts list to send it out to eeryoen else.
So on IM do NOT open a file unless you knwo the person has sent it. In this case I asked them to confirm and they said they didnt' so I was able to stop the trojan and help the other person clean their system. SO DO NOT ACCEPT or OPEN files without confirming with th other person it's contents.
NOW, how do you know if you are infected ?
Run your virus scanner.
IF you don't have one then PLEASE get one.
In the meantime go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com/hous...start_corp.asp pr one of the many other free online scanner and run it.
it will detect and delete it if it finds it.
OR you can download the instructions and tool at http://securityresponse.symantec.com...oval.tool.html from Symantec to remove bropia if you know you're infected.
THEN get yourself a virus scanner and run it to defend from these.
Hopefully we can nip this before it spreads through our IM contacts.
Good luck and hope you aren't einfected
Again let me re-iterate this trojan/virus has NOTHING to do with UCP.
It is only IM users who are possibly affected and only from other IM users.
I'm posting this here as a friendly service to fellow UCPers who have and use Instant Messengers to talk outside of UCP.
EDIT: I've made this sticky for a month to make sure it doesn't get missed and then we'll drop it out.