Back in the early days on the MSN Messenger 7 betas, a new chatting worm came out. Bropia dominated Messenger news websites like ours and took the Messenger world by storm with countless variants.

The worm sent a message to your contacts with filenames like 'LMAO.pif' to lure in its victims. On execution it would do many things, depending on the variant. From swapping your right and left buttons on your mouse to creating a back-door to steal certain details about you. It was hopping mad, you couldn't escape it. It seemed everyone was infected.

The drama ended when the blocked extensions were introduced in MSN Messenger 7.0, it blocked extensions like .pif as well as others that could pose as a threat. The worm died out. However, it seems to of made a return ...

Acting as a link to a .jpeg file, it does the same job, but has a different way of spreading. Using a link containing something like 'pictures.php?photo656.jpg' it tricks you into thinking it is an image, but you are offered to download a .pif file in your browser. Of course it is not as easy to spread, but many will fall for the trap and damn is that worm annoying. Be careful, watch the links your contacts have sent you, Bropia has returned!