A new virus is floating through the AIM network and actual carries on a conversation with its potential victim. The virus, IM.Myspace04.AIM, actually converses in a way similar to IM bots like MovieFone or ShoppingBuddy:

"This sophisticated bot attack is programmed such that infected users cannot see the messages the worm is sending on their behalf. When recipients of the malicious message reply to the infected user, the bot running on the infected machine sends follow-up messages," IMlogic said in an advisory.

This news article was written on December 9, 2005, quoting Computer World.