Someone is sending me a weird message on AIM!!!!

I just got a message from the username commiebot01

The person tried to send me a file, add his buddy list to mine, start a net meeting chat.

I have no clue who this person is someone please help me.

Just block all and no one will be able to Im you unless you allow them.

Originally posted by ilovepizza
I just got a message from the username commiebot01

The person tried to send me a file, add his buddy list to mine, start a net meeting chat.

I have no clue who this person is someone please help me.

Doesn't sound very safe to me.

I don't think I would accept a strange package of unknown origin in my home either if one was delivered.

Just a side note AIM is known to have some security flaws in it as well.

I did not accept the file. I am not stupid.

it sounds to me like a normal bot i used to get them all the time on aol and aol instant messenger its trying to send u a porn dialer which will dial up every time u connect to the internet usually called something like XXXnetwork. but if u ever get one of these u can easily delete in ur network options.

Originally posted by ilovepizza
I did not accept the file. I am not stupid.

I didn't mean to imply you were stupid. You did the right thing. That may also be enough to avoid problems as well.

with a name like commiebot you may actually be dealing with an actual "bot" and not a person anyway. You would then be just a random target like everyone else making it less trouble for you. If it continues then you may need to find a way of blocking it, and all is normal again.

If it is someone who is intent on interfacing with you however things might get more serious depending on their persistance, which then requires additional blocks on your part. Pretty much common sense.

You may want to look into the possible security issues with AIM however if you plan on using it a lot so you know where your weak points are at for extra protection. Or research additional sources of communication software similar to AIM.

Sometimes people I know, but am unware of their AIM identities will try to contact me. I will later find out what their AIM identity is.

I am almost certain that it is echelon, a banned member from the TBATS debacle. He most likely just wants to talk to you. Course, he could be trying to lure you in there to give you a virus.

XAOS

Originally posted by xaos
I am almost certain that it is echelon, a banned member from the TBATS debacle. He most likely just wants to talk to you. Course, he could be trying to lure you in there to give you a virus.

XAOS

Thats not his aim screen name man. I really dont think that this is ATS related in the first place.

[Edited on 30-9-2003 by NinjaoftheNight]

I know that is not his screen name. However, he could have created a bot to notify certain people (read: favored members of ATS) to come to his chat room.

XAOS

Maybe they want free pizza man! Watch out the spooks get hungry too.