Aliens in iChat????

[Grasbak]

Just came home and looked at iChat and there are 4 buddies that weren't there before - - i have no idea who they are....

I have deleted them but should I be worried? How would they get there?

 

[Vidd]

Just came home and looked at iChat and there are 4 buddies that weren't there before - - i have no idea who they are....

I have deleted them but should I be worried? How would they get there?

Did you google them first?
I always do that with mysterious people in my buddy lists.

 

[Grasbak]

to be honest i panicked and got rid asap....

but how does this happen? - i havent agreed to anyone being a buddy.....

 

[Jeef690]

Same thing happened to me. Was one of them Prof Gilzot or something of that nature? Im worried. May get a new AIM account.

 

[macgeek77]

sounds like someone got the password to your AIM account. Might want to change you screen name. If THIS is not the case, then perhaps it is something else (virus in some way, shape, or form?). I am not totally sure, but the former sounds most likely to me.

 

[Grasbak]

sounds like someone got the password to your AIM account

sounds scary.....

Was one of them Prof Gilzot or something of that nature

yes, think so and one was WSJ or something like that......

Anyone else got a less worrying reason why this has happened?

Is it coincidence that this happened after I downloaded the safari beta?

 

[Schnebar]

same with me


i have prof gilzot sharethisdotcom

spleak and wsj

I think it has something to do with the safari beta

 

[3nm]

Users attacked by mysterious AIM buddies

 

[joker2]

Users attacked by mysterious AIM buddies

Thanks for the link!

 

[samh004]

So that's what it was

 

[Jeef690]

Thank you. I was still worried!

 

[Grasbak]

cool - thanks for the link! Settles the nerves somewhat!

 

[FF_productions]

LOL I got the same this morning. I was wondering who the hell these people were. i'm on the computer so often I don't know how I could have added all these buddies.

 

[idiotsdelight]

Aim Buddies.???Right!!!

Aim Buddies.???Quite frankly I think this is a marketing tool that provides advertising to these links that are responding (right!)! Perhaps contractual agreement thru AOL and say... PC World, WSJ, etc. and many of the other respondees that just so happen to be big business based! ie... free advertising to others like me who were searching for an answer as to who these uninvited buddies might be!:::