Potential virus?

[Mark Doliner]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:16 PM, nue<azndude1123 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> My screen name for AIM is seemingly logging itself onto the internet and
> spamming people with links. However, Avast (boot time scan) and Malwarebytes
> (full scan) aren't turning up anything. What's going on?

I think it's unlikely Pidgin has anything to do with this.  It's more
likely that you're the target of a phishing scam, where some
untrustworthy website has cajoled you into entering your AIM username
and password.  I suggest changing your password.

-Mark